2014-10-23 11:16 GMT+01:00 SK53 <[email protected]>: > I have no particular objection to this mechanical edit. I would query > whether it is that useful. >
You make a good point that it's fairly easy for any non-trivial data consumer to merge the two tags in their query. However, I'd say there are two advantages, both for different audiences: (1) the simplest of "simple-minded" queries are great a way in to reusing OSM data. I did my first OSM analysis by querying for amenity=pub. It was only later that someone pointed out it might have been clever to try and drag in some amenity=bar as well! But the point stands. If people can get started with using our data without having to analyse histograms of tag combinations, that is valuable. (2) mappers will benefit from seeing a single canonical tag used in practice. If a mapper downloads an area and sees shop=betting, they may remember shop=betting next time they tag, etc. I think we all soak up a lot from seeing tagged objects in the editors. Best Dan
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