Replace desert with sand #9998

map-per · 2025-01-03T17:30:47Z

map-per commented

2025-01-03 17:30:47 +00:00

This PR replaces natural=desert with natural=sand because desert has problems with verifiability and sand is used way more often (1k vs. 596k)

https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/936326985

This PR has an impact on the world map, some desert areas will disappear and some new sand areas will show up. OSM Carto displays sand and not desert so you can take a look at https://www.openstreetmap.org to see what will change.

This PR replaces [natural=desert](https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:natural%3Ddesert) with [natural=sand](https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:natural=sand) because `desert` has problems with verifiability and sand is used way more often (1k vs. 596k) ![Bildschirmfoto vom 2025-01-03 18-21-02](https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/6baf9ef7-b224-4581-8a85-7abbcdf0bf53) https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/936326985 This PR has an impact on the world map, some `desert` areas will disappear and some new `sand` areas will show up. OSM Carto displays `sand` and not `desert` so you can take a look at https://www.openstreetmap.org to see what will change.

pastk reviewed 2025-01-04 13:42:57 +00:00

data/replaced_tags.txt

					
				@ -97,4 +95,1 @@

				desert=semi_arid : desert=erg

				desert=dune : desert=erg

				office=notary : office=lawyer

pastk commented

2025-01-04 13:42:56 +00:00

I don't know where this key is coming from (undocumented in the OSM wiki), but it seems e.g. natural=sand desert=erg is really used for some bigger deserts....

I don't know where this key is coming from (undocumented in the OSM wiki), but it seems e.g. `natural=sand desert=erg` is really used for some bigger deserts....

map-per reviewed 2025-01-05 12:16:14 +00:00

data/mapcss-mapping.csv

					
				@ -1338,3 +1338,3 @@

				shop|gas;1223;

				natural|desert;[natural=desert],[natural=sand][desert=erg];;name;int_name;1224;

				natural|sand;1224;

				natural|water|tunnel;[natural=water][tunnel?];;name;int_name;1225;

map-per commented

2025-01-05 12:16:13 +00:00

@pastk Do you know what the meaning of name;int_name is? Does removing it change anything or is it only important when int_name is used in the styles (like e.g. for neighbourhood)?

@pastk Do you know what the meaning of `name;int_name` is? Does removing it change anything or is it only important when `int_name` is used in the styles (like e.g. for neighbourhood)?

pastk reviewed 2025-01-05 13:23:19 +00:00

data/mapcss-mapping.csv

					
				@ -1338,3 +1338,3 @@

				shop|gas;1223;

				natural|desert;[natural=desert],[natural=sand][desert=erg];;name;int_name;1224;

				natural|sand;1224;

				natural|water|tunnel;[natural=water][tunnel?];;name;int_name;1225;