> Message: 1 > Date: Fri, 29 Sep 2017 18:26:49 -0500 > From: "John F. Eldredge" <j...@jfeldredge.com> > To: OpenStreetMap Talk-US Mailing List <talk-us@openstreetmap.org> > Subject: [Talk-us] dubious church node > Message-ID: <dd0219c3-e934-da7a-29a6-71b2591f2...@jfeldredge.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed > > 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.
In the course of my mapping in the American Midwest, I have come across several small country churches of GNIS origin that no longer exist. Often there will be a nearby cemetery, but the church facility is gone. I simply delete the node. In one case I know of, the church building was converted into a home, so I remapped it accordingly. Mark _______________________________________________ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us
