'spelled like' operator

[maxerickson@…]

It would be useful to be able to write validation rules that checked for misspellings of a given word. spelledLike("Street") could match strings like "Steet" or "Sreet".

It's currently possible to do this just by creating all the possibilities, which is pretty tedious.

[stoecker]

We already have a validator spell checker function. Why do you need additional spell checker?

[maxerickson@…]

I'd like to be able to use mapcss to specify words to check in arbitrary tag values (like names). Quite a few people make minor typos. A full dictionary doesn't make any sense but checking for values that are similar to frequently used words (like Street, Avenue, School, etc) would be useful.

[simon04]

In 14371/josm:

fix #15889 - add MapCSS function is_similar

This function tests if two strings are similar. Logic extracted from SimilarNamedWays validation test.

[Don-vip]

SimilarNamedWays.getLevenshteinDistance should be deprecated rather than removed. I'm almost sure some plugins are using it.

[simon04]

In 14373/josm:

see #15889 - deprecate SimilarNamedWays.getLevenshteinDistance

[Klumbumbus]

Could you please document it at wiki:/Help/Styles/MapCSSImplementation?

[Klumbumbus]

Done: https://josm.openstreetmap.de/wiki/Help/Styles/MapCSSImplementation?action=diff&version=149
Please correct/enhance if necessary.