Last night, I made seven changesets [1] that are part of the PNB/Allied Bank Mechanical Edits.
What I did: 1. Inform the mappers in the affected areas using this mailing list while simultaneously making a plan on how to manage the edits and publicizing them for comments and suggestions 2. Document my mechanical edits in the OSM Wiki 3. Make mechanical edits 4. Make a Post-Mechanical Edit report What I've noticed: 1. There are cases that bank branches have been relocated. An example of this was the Kidapawan branch, which was relocated to Calinan in Davao City[2]. Both nodes representing the two branches are currently tagged as PNB branches. 2. During the mechanical editing process, one duplicate node in Lapu-Lapu City was deleted while two buildings (one in Pampanga and one in Davao City have been stripped of their bank-related tags due to the One feature, one OSM element principle. 3. Except the instance when I encountered an edit conflict during the North Luzon leg of the mechanical edit, the mechanical editing process went smoothly as planned. What can you do after the recent mechanical edit: 1. Do on-the-ground surveys to confirm if the Allied Bank branch is now a PNB branch. 2. If you noticed that my mechanical edits do not correspond to the on-the-ground situation, do the following: 2.1 Message me to revert my mechanical edit for a certain branch or area. 2.2 Make the corresponding edits. Example: if the Allied Bank branch is not yet an PNB branch, re-tag it as name=Allied Bank and remove the old_name tag for the time being. If it becomes a PNB branch, change the tags to name=PNB; old_name=Allied Bank. To be done in future mechanical edits: 1. Notify users in affected areas at least 3 days before the planned mechanical edits through OSM inbox, since not everyone is a part of this mailing list. 2. Create a dedicated mechanical edits account [1] see https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Mechanical_Edits/Ianlopez1115#PNB.2FAllied_Bank_tagging_change_.28October_2013.29 [2] http://www.pnb.com.ph/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=600&Itemid=206 - I didn't copy any information from this site ----- Blog: http://ianlopez1115.wordpress.com/ OpenStreetMap/Twitter: ianlopez1115 Facebook: ian.lopez
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