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

Tue Dec 6 13:32:02 GMT 2016

Hi all,

I've noticed that splitter silently removes the "created_by" tag since version 8.

I don't see a good reason for that, on the other hand we may also

implement a filter to remove more tags.

JOSM has a hardcoded list of tags which are silently removed when you edit an object.

The JOSM source file OsmPrimitive.java contains this list:

"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"

Do you think that splitter should contain such a filter for tags? I think it would be easy

to add an option which would read a file with those tags or use a given one.

Gerd
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