[mkgmap-dev] Why does splitter remove (only) the created_by tag?

Tue Dec 6 14:14:15 GMT 2016

El 06/12/16 a las 14:32, Gerd Petermann escribió:
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> Hi all,
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> I've noticed that splitter silently removes the "created_by" tag since 
> version 8.
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> I don't see a good reason for that, on the other hand we may also
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> implement a filter to remove more tags.
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> JOSM has a hardcoded list of tags which are silently removed when you 
> edit an object.
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> The JOSM source file OsmPrimitive.java contains this list:
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> "created_by", "converted_by", "geobase:datasetName", "geobase:uuid",
> "KSJ2:ADS", "KSJ2:ARE", "KSJ2:AdminArea", "KSJ2:COP_label", "KSJ2:DFD",
> "KSJ2:INT", "KSJ2:INT_label", "KSJ2:LOC", "KSJ2:LPN", "KSJ2:OPC",
> "KSJ2:PubFacAdmin", "KSJ2:RAC", "KSJ2:RAC_label", "KSJ2:RIC", "KSJ2:RIN",
> "KSJ2:WSC", "KSJ2:coordinate", "KSJ2:curve_id", "KSJ2:curve_type",
> "KSJ2:filename", "KSJ2:lake_id", "KSJ2:lat", "KSJ2:long", 
> "KSJ2:river_id",
> "odbl", "odbl:note", "SK53_bulk:load", "sub_sea:type", "tiger:source",
> "tiger:separated", "tiger:tlid", "tiger:upload_uuid", "yh:LINE_NAME",
> "yh:LINE_NUM", "yh:STRUCTURE", "yh:TOTYUMONO", "yh:TYPE", "yh:WIDTH",
> "yh:WIDTH_RANK"
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> Do you think that splitter should contain such a filter for tags? I 
> think it would be easy
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> to add an option which would read a file with those tags or use a 
> given one.
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> Gerd
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I guess if splitter filters such useless tags or some more, output tiles 
would be smaller and mkgmap processing time would be shorter. If so, +1 
for adding such filter.