Since no one has objected (or commented) I'll go ahead with this if I can get it in before the rebuild starts.
> -----Original Message----- > From: Paul Norman [mailto:penor...@mac.com] > Sent: Saturday, March 17, 2012 12:04 AM > To: talk-ca@openstreetmap.org > Subject: Re: [Talk-ca] Proposed mechanical edits: GeoBase/CanVec Service > Surface and GeoBase/CanVec name spaces > > Not listed in this message was the area this would be over. This would > only be over the lower mainland unless requested for another area. > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Paul Norman [mailto:penor...@mac.com] > > Subject: [Talk-ca] Proposed mechanical edits: GeoBase/CanVec Service > > Surface and GeoBase/CanVec name spaces > > > > The GeoBase and CanVec imports in the lower mainland suffered from two > > tagging errors I propose fixing with two one-time mechanical edits. > > > > 1. surface=unpaved service ways > > > > GeoBase and CanVec highway=service ways are mis-tagged with > > surface=unpaved regardless of if they are paved or not. I propose > > removing this tag as it is misleading. To avoid removal of this tag > > where a mapper has reviewed it, I will only do the obvious cases > > automatically and review the others. > > > > The obvious case is ways where none of the tagging has changed since > > the import with the possible exception of geobase:uuid which may have > > been combined with the value from another way in a merge. > > > > These will be identified by the tags attribution=GeoBaseR > > geobase:acquisitionTechnique=Orthophoto > > geobase:datasetName=NRN:British Columbia geobase:uuid=* > > source=Geobase_Import_2009 surface=unpaved highway=service > > > > 2. Double-spaced names > > > > GeoBase and CanVec sometimes have names with two spaces in them. For > > example, "West 70th Street". I propose fixing these. Unfortunately > > this is less automated and will require searching through the road > > network with JOSM for name:" ". > > > > The edit will be from my imports/mechanical edit account and > > appropriately documented. > > > > As these edits will require touching a large number of roads I also > > propose cleaning up unnecessary meta-information from the import that > > is duplicated by other tags. For example, > > geobase:datasetName=NRN:British Columbia can be inferred from > > source=Geobase_Import_2009, being located in BC, and matching > highway=*. > > > > It is not worth creating a new version of objects solely to remove > > these tags, but since fixing the tagging requires creating a new > > object anyways it is worth doing it in this case. > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Talk-ca mailing list > > Talk-ca@openstreetmap.org > > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ca > > > _______________________________________________ > Talk-ca mailing list > Talk-ca@openstreetmap.org > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ca _______________________________________________ Talk-ca mailing list Talk-ca@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ca
