From b19d357472de919db331571bb1aae88e0c6fd6d2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Rob Savoye Date: Sat, 28 Sep 2024 09:35:19 -0600 Subject: [PATCH] fix: fixnames.py has been replaced by osmhighways.py, but does almost the same thing --- docs/utilities.md | 11 +++++++---- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/docs/utilities.md b/docs/utilities.md index 1b055dc..7291c6b 100644 --- a/docs/utilities.md +++ b/docs/utilities.md @@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ imported. The files are available from the Most of the fields in the dataset aren't needed for OSM, only the reference number if it has one, and the name. Most of these highways are already in OSM, but it's a bit of a mess, and mostly -unvalidated. Most of the problems are related to the TIGER import +invalidated. Most of the problems are related to the TIGER import in 2007. So the goal of these utilities is to add in the [TIGER fixup](https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/TIGER_fixup) work by updating or adding the name and a reference number. These utilities @@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ use the Shapefiles, as the different categories are in separate files inside the zip. Each one covers a 7.5 quad square on a topo map. These have to be merged together into a single file to be practical. -## fixnames.py +## osmhighways.py On the OSM wiki, there is a list of [incorrect tagging](https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/United_States_roads_tagging#National_Forest_Road_System) @@ -66,6 +66,9 @@ like *"Forest Service Road 123.4A"*. That's actually a reference number, not a name. This is primarily a problem with existing OSM data. These would all have to get manually fixed when validating in JOSM, so this program automates the process so you only have to -validate, and not edit the feature. After conflation, process the -output file with this utility to produce an improved version. +validate, and not edit the feature. This also extracts only highway +linestrings, so is used to create the OSM dataset for +conflation. Since the other external datasets also correctly use +name, ref, and ref:usfs, this simplifys conflation. Otherwise the +algorithm would get very complicated and hard to maintain.