Re: [Talk-us] Misspelled names

2014-12-29 Thread Bryce Nesbitt
Note that for shops with a website, KeepRight loads the website and matches the name. ___ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us

Re: [Talk-us] Misspelled names

2014-12-20 Thread TC Haddad
name=Walmart Neighborhood Market is a real thing, and probably shouldn't be corrected. They have different branding than a regular Walmart (green and yellow vs. the regular Walmart blue and yellow). Here's the one on hwy 99 in Milwaukee OR:

Re: [Talk-us] Misspelled names

2014-12-18 Thread Shawn K. Quinn
On Wed, 2014-12-17 at 16:13 -0600, Mike Henson wrote: I am still having issues with Sonic (http://www.sonicdrivein.com/) people use SONIC, Sonic or Sonic Drive-in on OSM. The website is no help because they also use all 3 names... Is there a consensus on Sonic? I use Sonic, no caps, and no

Re: [Talk-us] Misspelled names

2014-12-18 Thread Brian Egge
The iD editor uses the Name Suggestion Index to suggest correct spellings and tags for common places. ( https://github.com/osmlab/name-suggestion-index/blob/e3b1dafc0acea3e18543647920748962f849e204/canonical.json#L361 ) I've submitted a few pull requests, but haven't seen much activity on this

Re: [Talk-us] Misspelled names

2014-12-17 Thread Peter Dobratz
On Wed, Dec 17, 2014 at 2:13 PM, Mike Henson mikehen...@hotmail.com wrote: I am also having an issue with Walmart, should it be a Marketplace, Supermarket, Department store??? All 3 are used in OSM in Oklahoma. Generally, Walmart is tagged as shop=department_store. However, there are a few

Re: [Talk-us] Misspelled names

2014-12-17 Thread Clifford Snow
On Wed, Dec 17, 2014 at 2:13 PM, Mike Henson mikehen...@hotmail.com wrote: I am also having an issue with Walmart, should it be a Marketplace, Supermarket, Department store??? All 3 are used in OSM in Oklahoma. The big Walmart stores should probably be department store. When it is just a

Re: [Talk-us] Misspelled names

2014-12-17 Thread Eric Christensen
On , Mike Henson wrote: I have been trying to catch misspelled names of restaurants and fast food places. Is there a way to do mass fixes? There is a common error where Chick-fil-A misspelled Chic-fil-A that messes me up when I do searches. --Eric

Re: [Talk-us] Misspelled names

2014-12-17 Thread Paul Johnson
On Wed, Dec 17, 2014 at 4:13 PM, Mike Henson mikehen...@hotmail.com wrote: I have been trying to catch misspelled names of restaurants and fast food places. I then came across this wiki page http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Chain_Store_Cleanup#Misspelled_names What a life saver, after

Re: [Talk-us] Misspelled names

2014-12-17 Thread Marc Gemis
In the UK someone is trying to do the same. He's following the mechanical edit procedure. Here is his proposal page: https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Mechanical_Edits/Math1985/UK_Shop_Names regards m On Thu, Dec 18, 2014 at 1:02 AM, Eric Christensen e...@christensenplace.us wrote: On ,