Mechanical Edits/Mateusz Konieczny - bot account/retag paving stones:30
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Who
I, Mateusz Konieczny using my bot account
contact
message via OSM I will respond also to PMs to the bot account. In both cases I will be notified about incoming PMs via email and notifications in OSM editors.
What
Retag surface=paving_stones:30 across entire world
Why
surface=paving_stones:30 is a bad idea - detail such as colour or exact size of paving stones or their shape or exact type of concrete/stone should not go into surface=*
what worse this tag is cryptic and unclear
note: most uses was already removed (bot edits that did this are linked at surface=paving_stones:30 tag page)
Yes, aliases of other tags (and for nearly all uses it is a duplicate of surface=paving_stones) are not a large problem, having some tag aliases it is not even top 10 problem for new data consumers or top 100 problem for openstreetmap community. But it is one of easier ones to reduce its scale.
Numbers
Depends on how many new matches appear - depends on editing activity in OSM.
How
state before a mechanical edit:
state after a mechanical edit:
Bot source code
Bot is using https://github.com/matkoniecz/osm_bot_abstraction_layer library, this code is GNU GPLv3 licensed
below will be copy of source code, code should be findable in https://codeberg.org/matkoniecz/OpenStreetMap_cleanup_scripts/src/branch/master/recurrent_bot_edits
from osm_bot_abstraction_layer.generic_bot_retagging import run_simple_retagging_task
import osm_bot_abstraction_layer.human_verification_mode
def edit_element(tags):
if tags.get("surface") == "paving_stones:30":
if tags.get("paving_stones:shape") not in [None, "square"]:
return tags
if tags.get("paving_stones:length") not in [None, "0.3 m", "0.3"]:
return tags
tags["surface"] = "paving_stones"
tags["paving_stones:shape"] = "square"
tags["paving_stones:length"] = "0.3"
return tags
return tags
def main():
query = """
[out:xml][timeout:1800];
area[name="Polska"]->.a;
(
"""
query += " nwr[surface='paving_stones:30'](area.a);\n"
query += """);
out body;
>;
out skel qt;
"""
run_simple_retagging_task( # (area.a)
max_count_of_elements_in_one_changeset=500,
objects_to_consider_query=query,
cache_folder_filepath='/media/mateusz/OSM_cache/osm_bot_cache',
is_in_manual_mode=False,
changeset_comment='migrate surface=paving_stones:30',
discussion_url="https://community.openstreetmap.org/t/surface-paving-stones-30-przetagowanie-propozycja-automatycznej-edycji/128337/",
osm_wiki_documentation_page="https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Mechanical_Edits/Mateusz_Konieczny_-_bot_account/retag_paving_stones:30_in_Poland",
edit_element_function=edit_element,
)
query = """
[out:xml][timeout:1800];
(
"""
query += " nwr[surface='paving_stones:30'];\n"
query += """);
out body;
>;
out skel qt;
"""
run_simple_retagging_task( # (area.a)
max_count_of_elements_in_one_changeset=500,
objects_to_consider_query=query,
cache_folder_filepath='/media/mateusz/OSM_cache/osm_bot_cache',
is_in_manual_mode=False,
changeset_comment='migrate surface=paving_stones:30',
discussion_url="https://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/talk/2025-May/088685.html https://community.openstreetmap.org/t/proposed-automated-edit-retag-surface-paving-stones-30/130068",
osm_wiki_documentation_page="https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Mechanical_Edits/Mateusz_Konieczny_-_bot_account/retag_paving_stones:30",
edit_element_function=edit_element,
)
main()
Discussion
https://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/talk/2025-May/088685.html
https://community.openstreetmap.org/t/proposed-automated-edit-retag-surface-paving-stones-30/130068
Repetition
This is reoccurring edit and may be made as soon as new matching elements appear. At this moment triggering new edit requires human intervention so exact schedule is not predictable and bot may stop running at any moment.
This can change in a future. If bot is abandoned and does not run, feel free to ping me. If I am unable to run it any more feel free to use my code. Note that it may require going through bot approval process again and that code is on specific license.
https://codeberg.org/matkoniecz/OpenStreetMap_cleanup_scripts/src/branch/master/recurrent_bot_edits may have more up to date code version that what is listed on this page
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