Thank SteveA! Great story about paragliding - now that is extreme
mapping! I would be inclined to mark it as historic - if I could see
anything looking like a ruin anywhere nearby. But as that doesn't seem
to be the case, I think I'll just delete it.
I've visited the area in Oct 2013 and enjoyed it - but limited by
adventures to a bit of hiking with my brother. I must add paragliding to
my list for next time :-)
Sebastian
On 06/01/14 18:03, stevea wrote:
This is part of a GNIS import does by Ian Dees in 2009. I have
discovered many objects that were uploaded to OSM as part of this
import which are decades or even a century old (or older) which
certainly do not exist today (churches, hospitals, schools
especially). I deleted them, and I think it is safe to say you can,
too. Though you might want to consider adding a historic=yes tag and
suffixing the name tag with "(historic)." Either method would be correct.
But yes, I have driven past/hiked/camped (even piloted a paraglider,
and got verbally warned by a State Parks ranger that there are "no
aircraft in the State Park System!") here, and I assure you there is
no school here: presently or even the remnants of one. However, it is
entirely possible that there once was one, many decades or even a
century ago.
Your call, Sebastian. My preference is to delete what isn't actually
there, but there are arguments to be made for why we might want to
keep historical sites in OSM, even without there being "something"
there -- if it is tagged as such.
SteveA
California
I'm doing a bit of mapping south of Monterey based on some notes I've
taken two months ago, and I've stumbled over this school on the map:
http://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=19/36.31044/-121.88636
A search on the Internet doesn't reveal anything called "Sur School".
A search for schools in the area reveals some schools further south -
but nothing close to where this school is on the map and nothing
similar sounding. Also, looking at the satellite imagery, there is
nothing close to this point on the map that looks like either a
building or some remnants of one. There are the disused "Point Sur
Naval Facility" buildings on the other side of the road, but we know
what those are and they are not a school.
I think the best thing to do is to delete this object. However, could
someone who either lives in the area or has local knowledge confirm
that this school really doesn't exist. All the evidence so far points
to it being the case, but it would be nice if we could have "on the
ground" confirmation before I delete it.
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