Hi Eugene, I do agree it is better to fix the data .. an iconfile tag could lead to lots of difficult items to fix later and will not render in the main OSM map anyway, and could lead to lazy mapping practices.
There are a couple of options 1) I only display legit icons for the correct tags as per the osm ph tagging page. anything else not covered by the correct tags will get a red circle that makes it obvious that it does not meet the standards. The only problem with this is that it may make he map harder to use for public users, lots of red circles that are meaningless. 2) Try and evaluate all the tags and make a good guess, but add a small red X to or a circle around the icon that indicates that it is not tagged correctly and needs to be fixed. this makes the map more usable to the public but also usable to mappers who can fix the data. This is a lot more work on my part and the database, but would result, eventually, in a well structured map and tagging scheme. If it helped, I could also put the tag id behind the description in the case of incorrect tags so that you can go straight to the tag in JOSM, etc Cheers Mark Regards Mark Cupitt "If we change the world, let it bear the mark of our intelligence" See me on Open StreetMap <https://www.openstreetmap.org/user/Mark_Cupitt> See me on LinkedIn <http://ph.linkedin.com/in/markcupitt> *See me on StackExchange <http://gis.stackexchange.com/users/17846/mark-c>* =============================================================================================== The contents of this email are intended only for the individual(s) to whom it is addressed and may contain confidential or privileged information. If you are not the intended recipient, you must not disclose, copy, distribute, or use the contents of this email. If you have received this email in error, please notify the sender immediately and delete the email and any attachments. =============================================================================================== On Sun, May 25, 2014 at 4:44 AM, Eugene Alvin Villar <sea...@gmail.com>wrote: > Hi Mark, > > I think it would be better for all users of the data in the long run that > the inconsistent name field is the one corrected instead of your system > adjusting for it. > > Let's say that you have a "rule" that says that that name=McDonald's with > amenity=fast_food gets the Golden Arches icon. > > Now let's say you have other rules that detect stuff that are probably > McDonald's: name=McDonalds amenity=restaurant > > Instead of tagging stuff like this with an additional tag > icon:ph=mcdonalds.png, it would be better to correct those POIs that don't > follow the correct tagging. If you have a system that detects such > near-misses, then I'm sure the community would like to get a list of them > so that they can be corrected. > > I hope other mappers and users can chime in with their ideas. > > > > > On Thu, May 22, 2014 at 6:32 PM, Mark Cupitt <markcup...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Folks, have been thinking about how we specify Icons for POI's in the >> Philippines OSM Map. I have Icons for most of the PH specific businesses, >> like Jollibee, Banks, and so on and would like to use them >> >> At the moment, the only way to do this is to run through the database >> checking the name tag and seeing if it starts with jollibee, BDO mcdo, etc. >> This is a very intensive effort on a million+ points. I am doing the code >> for it now and it has to be run on a very regular basis to pick up new >> POI'S from the daily diff updates. It also suffers form spelling errors, >> and fomat errors, for example "the jollibee" will to be identified as the >> name has to start with "jollibee" (in text string searches in postgres do >> not use indexes, and are too expensive on the database, so we have to >> assume that the name starts with the search text. >> >> I will publish the icons we have at some stage very soon where they can >> be viewed by anyone. >> >> To make it very easy to have granular control over icon display, I >> propose that we do the following: >> >> Add an icon:ph tag to nodes as they are created that contains the >> filename of the icon to display (from the list published) >> >> For example, a node of a Mcdonalds might have a tag amenity="fast_food" >> name="Mcdonalds Quezon City" and a icon:ph="mcdonalds.png" >> >> The system will first check if the icon:ph exists and use the icon >> specified in that. if not, it will fall back to database determined value >> done on a weekly or monthly basis, with all the inherent pitfalls in the >> use of the name field. If that does not work, it will display a generic >> icon which is a Red Dot. >> >> One big advantage of this proposal is that people can submit their own >> logos in icon form, they are easy to add to the system, them specify them >> for specific businesses, leisure, bars, etc. on the actual poi ..so the >> value added to the map will be tremendous in the future. >> >> Thoughts, flames, thumbs up, thumbs down, rounds of applause on this >> proposal very much appreciated .. >> >> Regards >> >> Mark Cupitt >> >> "If we change the world, let it bear the mark of our intelligence" >> >> See me on Open StreetMap <https://www.openstreetmap.org/user/Mark_Cupitt> >> >> See me on LinkedIn <http://ph.linkedin.com/in/markcupitt> >> >> >> *See me on StackExchange >> <http://gis.stackexchange.com/users/17846/mark-c>* >> >> >> =============================================================================================== >> The contents of this email are intended only for the individual(s) to >> whom it is addressed and may contain >> confidential or privileged information. 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