I am doing deletion of "Province of" in the is_in:state = in batches. Let me know if I missed certain areas or whether to exclude your own mapping patch/territory.
http://www.openstreetmap.org/browse/changeset/6195067 http://www.openstreetmap.org/browse/changeset/6194871 http://www.openstreetmap.org/browse/changeset/6180884 On Thu, Jun 10, 2010 at 11:49 PM, Eugene Alvin Villar <sea...@gmail.com> wrote: > I'm in favor of removing the "Province of". > > > On Mon, Jun 7, 2010 at 6:54 PM, maning sambale <emmanuel.samb...@gmail.com> > wrote: >> >> Most of the is_in:state tags have the value "Province of" in the name. >> For example: >> http://www.openstreetmap.org/browse/node/198502660 >> gns_classification = ADM2 >> gns_uni = -3354889 >> is_in:country = Philippines >> is_in:country_code = ph >> is_in:state = Province of Bohol >> name = Loboc >> place = town >> source = GNS >> >> Question, is it too verbose? >> >> Disclosure: >> I'm appending the is_in:state tags to town and cities points in the >> osm-ph garmin map. See: >> http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4035/4677828307_622655ea75.jpg >> >> I can of course pre-process the OSM data before compiling the Garmin >> map, but it would be nice to clean the main data if we agree that >> this is redundant. The benefit I see with the text "Province of" >> remaining in the database is to make it explicitly refer to the >> province since it is added in the is_in:state tag to avoid confusion >> with the "state" from other countries. >> >> -- >> cheers, >> maning >> ------------------------------------------------------ >> "Freedom is still the most radical idea of all" -N.Branden >> wiki: http://esambale.wikispaces.com/ >> blog: http://epsg4253.wordpress.com/ >> ------------------------------------------------------ >> >> _______________________________________________ >> talk-ph mailing list >> talk-ph@openstreetmap.org >> http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ph > > > > -- > http://vaes9.codedgraphic.com > -- cheers, maning ------------------------------------------------------ "Freedom is still the most radical idea of all" -N.Branden wiki: http://esambale.wikispaces.com/ blog: http://epsg4253.wordpress.com/ ------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ talk-ph mailing list talk-ph@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ph