In my mapping in Albuquerque, I have come across a number of GNIS nodes tagged as churches or schools, in built-up areas, that I am unable to find on the ground anywhere near the coordinates. I’ve researched a few of them and found that they did exist at one time or another but have been demolished or incorporated into newer facilities. So I’ve added a note to these that they are “historic” but that I can’t pin down their location. Otherwise, I’ve left them alone, figuring someone with more knowledge of local history can figure out where they were located.
Ed Hillsman > On Sep 29, 2017, at 5:26 PM, John F. Eldredge <j...@jfeldredge.com> wrote: > > OSM Item 356845407 is a node supposedly marking the location of a church > named "Mill Creek Church", at coordinates 36.0972810, -86.7027754 > <http://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=18/36.0972810/-86.7027754>. The node > history shows two changesets making edits to the node, but no changeset for > the creation of the node. It has these tags: > > amenity > place_of_worship > <http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:amenity=place%20of%20worship?uselang=en-US> > > ele <http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:ele?uselang=en-US> 145 > gnis:county_id 037 > gnis:created 05/19/1980 > gnis:feature_id > <http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:gnis:feature%20id?uselang=en-US> > 1306749 > gnis:state_id 47 > name <http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:name?uselang=en-US> Mill > Creek Church > religion <http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:religion?uselang=en-US> > christian > <http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:religion=christian?uselang=en-US> > > I became curious about this, as aerial photos in Google Earth do not show a > church there. I drove to these coordinates, and determined that they are for > a loading dock on the back of an industrial warehouse. There are no signs > indicating that any congregation meets there; the warehouse appears to be in > active commercial use. Should I remove this node? -- John F. Eldredge -- > j...@jfeldredge.com "Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do > that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that." -- Dr. Martin > Luther King, Jr. > > > --- > This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. > https://www.avast.com/antivirus > > > _______________________________________________ > Talk-us mailing list > Talk-us@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us _______________________________________________ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us
