On 9/12/13 2:17 PM, Bryce Nesbitt wrote: > On Thu, Sep 12, 2013 at 2:45 AM, Serge Wroclawski <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > > tiger:name_1 > > The tiger name_#, name_base, name_direction, prefix, suffix tags are > still useful. > > Ideally, all TIGER names would be folded into more meaningful tags > (name, alt_name, etc.) but until then, we want to keep the names in > the object. > > > Do you have examples of tiger based imports were the folding was not done? > If there were tiger imports done without folding, the editors could > delete the tags if folded. > there are cases where Serge's bot mode didn't modify a way because of prior hand edits, and having these tags is valuable in those cases when you're trying to decide what to do with a way. i have hit a case or two this week while i've been visiting central Iowa and doing a little mapping on the side. i do manually delete these tags when i've determined that all the useful information has properly been folded, and i delete name_# tags which indicate route identification once the information has been transferred to a ref tag and/or a route relation.
i also agree with Mike N that tiger:county can be quite useful at times and i'd hate to see it go. richard
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