You can see the progress i've made so far http://www.openstreetmap.org/user/TheDutchMan13
*Regards,* *Hans* On Sun, Jun 11, 2017 at 4:21 PM, Hans De Kryger <[email protected]> wrote: > > > *Regards,* > > *Hans* > > On Sun, Jun 11, 2017 at 1:32 PM, Andrew Matheny <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> I think Walter makes a fair point, but on the other hand, issues with >> TIGER data are easily apparent when looking at the streets (ways aren't >> straight, curves are messy, intersections aren't square, etc.) or when >> armchair mappers compare them to the imagery. If they're wanting to figure >> out which ways may need review for geometry, the variety of philosophies on >> the tiger:reviewed key should allow a search using that (since the most >> liberal user usually removes the key after they fix geometry while the most >> conservative leaves it until on-the-ground checking is done) >> >> Other fields (like speed limits, surface, etc.) are only going to be >> there if a user added that data at a later date. If someone's looking to >> add those missing fields, I think they'd be more likely to run an OverPass >> query or do a simple JOSM search of the objects in their dataframe rather >> than going by the date it was last edited. >> >> I think this is a great idea. To address Walter's point, I would think >> about using a special username for this project (like TIGERzipremoval or >> something) and making sure your changeset comments cleary state that it's >> an automated edit to remove the obsolete tags. That way it's easy to see >> when anyone pulls up a way's history. >> > > I would, but i already made over a million edits so far on my account. > See link https://taginfo.openstreetmap.org/keys/tiger:zip_left#map > >> >> On Sun, Jun 11, 2017 at 4:55 AM, Walter Nordmann <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> In Germany we say: don't touch an object just for cleanup. >>> >>> Cleanup without any other modifications (e.g in geometry) will change >>> the timestamp of that object (last changed!!!) and somebody may think: this >>> way has been modified last week - so i don't need to check the geometry or >>> the speed limit or something else. >>> >>> Ok, if you really change something, THEN you should cleanup old/unused >>> tags. >>> >>> Regards >>> walter, aka wambacher >>> >>> >>> Am 11.06.2017 um 05:21 schrieb Mike N: >>> >>>> I agree that removing the non standard tags is almost always OK. >>>> >>>> What is the advantage of removing them all with an automated edit? >>>> Their presence doesn't damage anything, and editors can add those tags to >>>> their passive removal list. >>>> >>>> The TIGER name expansion resulted in a large benefit by removing a >>>> manual task. Changing unused tags would only add to the history file for >>>> a small benefit. >>>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Talk-us mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us >>> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Talk-us mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us >> >> >
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