On Tue, May 12, 2015 at 9:35 AM, SomeoneElse <li...@atownsend.org.uk> wrote: > On 12/05/2015 17:28, Bryce Nesbitt wrote: >> >> Why not >> ref:highway_authority >> >> To keep the tags just a little bit organized? > > https://xkcd.com/927/ > (sorry)
Yeah, but unlike the real world depicted in the cartoon, OSM *can* mechanically retag. That actually worked recently: some 14 methods of tagging toilet dump stations collapsed down to three... and it was done with minimal disruption. It's three only because of retagging reluctance specific to the UK: a few dozen land and waterway nodes.
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