Sounds wonderful. John
On Sat, Feb 11, 2023, 12:49 Mateusz Konieczny via talk < talk@openstreetmap.org> wrote: > I propose to replace following surface tags by doing an automated edit: > > obvious typos: > > `surface=paving stones` → `surface=paving_stones` > `surface=Paving_stones` → `surface=paving_stones` > `surface=paving_stones:` → `surface=paving_stones` > > different form than standard surface value: > > `surface=wooden` → `surface=wood` > `surface=cobblestones` → `surface=cobblestone` > > Polish name to English one: > > `surface=żwirowa` → `surface=gravel` > `surface=kostka` → `surface=paving_stones` > `surface=gruntowa` → `surface=unpaved` > > English vs very close to English but actually different: > > `surface=asfalt` → `surface=asphalt` > > Edit would be automatic, rerun from time to time, split into small > changeset by geographic areas and run by > > https://www.openstreetmap.org/user/Mateusz%20Konieczny%20-%20bot%20account/history%20bot%20account > > Why it is useful? It helps newbies to avoid becoming confused. It > protects against such values becoming established. Without drudgery > that would be required from the manual cleanup. It also makes easier to > add missing surface= values > > Why automatic edit? I have a massive queue (in thousands and tens of > thousands) of automatically detectable issues which are not reported by > mainstream validators, require fixes and fix requires review or > complete manual cleanup. > > There is no point in manual drudgery here, with values completely useless. > > This values here do NOT require manual overview. If this cases will > turn out to be an useful signal of invalid editing than I will remain > reviewing nearby areas where bot edited. > > And I fixed some manually and they were not a great sign of a problematic > data. > > Yes, bot edit WILL cause objects to be edited. Nevertheless, as result > map data quality will improve. > _______________________________________________ > talk mailing list > talk@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk >
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