Untagged ways in a bbox:
https://overpass-turbo.eu/s/sFU
way({{bbox}})(if:count_tags()==0)->.w1;
rel(bw.w1);way(r)->.w2;
(.w1; - .w2;);
(._; >;);
out meta;
Michael beat me to the answer for the other query. Way too many comes near
as an answer.
Jo
2017-10-30 2:01 GMT+01:00 john whelan <jwhelan0...@gmail.com>:
> Many of the untagged ways are from JOSM and that warns before uploading as
> well.
>
> Out of curiosity does any one have a count of the number of untagged ways
> and area=yes in the database?
>
> Thanks John
>
> On 29 Oct 2017 8:53 pm, "Bryan Housel" <br...@7thposition.com> wrote:
>
>> Haha I promise I won’t be offended. I welcome the criticism - this is
>> part of working on something that matters to a lot of people.
>>
>> Anyway, iD already does train the user in the walkthrough how to assign
>> tags, and iD does warn the user on the save screen if they are uploading
>> untagged features.
>>
>> So, what would you prefer iD do.. Just not upload untagged things? We
>> could do this, and I don’t have any strong opinion one way or another.
>>
>> In the past, the thinking has been that it’s better to accept an
>> imperfect contribution than to turn away an imperfect contributor. The
>> map is used for a lot of things these days - so maybe we should rethink
>> this as a community how we handle obviously bad edits.
>>
>> Bryan
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Oct 29, 2017, at 7:23 PM, Jo <winfi...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Yes, it's amazing that after all these years of reporting it, that BUG in
>> iD still hasn't been resolved. But don't dare to complain, we might offend
>> Bryan.
>>
>> Polyglot
>>
>> 2017-10-29 23:47 GMT+01:00 Mark Wagner <mark+...@carnildo.com>:
>>
>>> On Sun, 29 Oct 2017 22:15:18 +0200
>>> Safwat Halaby <swiftf...@gmx.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> > - Adding closed ways with area=yes instead of building=yes, or with no
>>> > tags at all
>>>
>>> A closed way with "area=yes" is a *very* common newbie mistake with iD:
>>> the user traced an area, then forgot to tag it, or didn't realize they
>>> needed to apply additional tags.
>>>
>>> --
>>> Mark
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