This didn't make it to the list: On Thu, Mar 12, 2009 at 11:26 AM, Ian Dees <ian.d...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > On Thu, Mar 12, 2009 at 11:18 AM, David Lynch <djly...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Another what-if tagging situation -- what about places where there are >> two nodes for the same object, one containing an out-of-date name, one >> containing the current name? >> > > Delete the old (out of date) name and keep the new one. > > If they are the same structure and they have a new name, copy the > gnis:feature_id tag and value over. > > There is a pretty specific procedure that the GNIS board goes through when > coming up with names for things because they want to make everyone (local, > city, state, federal governments and citizens) happy. Keep that in mind when > looking at the difference in names. >
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