sounds good to me On Sat, Feb 11, 2023 at 1:17 PM john whelan <[email protected]> wrote:
> Sounds wonderful. > > John > > On Sat, Feb 11, 2023, 12:49 Mateusz Konieczny via talk < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> I propose to replace following surface tags by doing an automated edit: >> >> obvious typos: >> >> `surface=paving stones` → `surface=paving_stones` >> `surface=Paving_stones` → `surface=paving_stones` >> `surface=paving_stones:` → `surface=paving_stones` >> >> different form than standard surface value: >> >> `surface=wooden` → `surface=wood` >> `surface=cobblestones` → `surface=cobblestone` >> >> Polish name to English one: >> >> `surface=żwirowa` → `surface=gravel` >> `surface=kostka` → `surface=paving_stones` >> `surface=gruntowa` → `surface=unpaved` >> >> English vs very close to English but actually different: >> >> `surface=asfalt` → `surface=asphalt` >> >> Edit would be automatic, rerun from time to time, split into small >> changeset by geographic areas and run by >> >> https://www.openstreetmap.org/user/Mateusz%20Konieczny%20-%20bot%20account/history%20bot%20account >> >> Why it is useful? It helps newbies to avoid becoming confused. It >> protects against such values becoming established. Without drudgery >> that would be required from the manual cleanup. It also makes easier to >> add missing surface= values >> >> Why automatic edit? I have a massive queue (in thousands and tens of >> thousands) of automatically detectable issues which are not reported by >> mainstream validators, require fixes and fix requires review or >> complete manual cleanup. >> >> There is no point in manual drudgery here, with values completely useless. >> >> This values here do NOT require manual overview. If this cases will >> turn out to be an useful signal of invalid editing than I will remain >> reviewing nearby areas where bot edited. >> >> And I fixed some manually and they were not a great sign of a problematic >> data. >> >> Yes, bot edit WILL cause objects to be edited. Nevertheless, as result >> map data quality will improve. >> _______________________________________________ >> talk mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk >> > _______________________________________________ > talk mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk >
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