On Fri, Sep 29, 2017 at 8:18 PM, Ed Hillsman <hills...@pobox.com> wrote:
> 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. > No knowledge of local history needed. If something isn't there on the ground any more, then it shouldn't be on the map. I feel free to delete GNIS stuff for features that no longer exist. There are cases where I've instead done things like building=detatched historic:amenity=school for an old schoolhouse converted to a private home. Another point is that if you have the outline for something that GNIS shows as a node, please conflate! I've done that with a lot of buildings and parks locally - just copy-and-paste the GNIS tags from the node to the polygon and then delete the node.
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