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    Resending as Timothy's reply was only sent to me:<br>
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    On 25/04/2022 12:19, Timothy Noname wrote:<br>
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      <div dir="auto">LSP = Life Cycle Prefix.</div>
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    <br>
    ?!?<br>
    <br>
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      <div dir="auto">
        <div dir="auto"><br>
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        <div dir="auto">Changing amenity=telephone to
          removed:amenity=telephone</div>
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    Then remove it from OSM.<br>
    <br>
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        <div dir="auto">I sometimes add Postboxes I see on mapillary,
          but it's always possible they were previously mapped and
          removed because they don't exist anymore.</div>
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    If you're uncertain about something, then don't add it. If you don't
    have local/ground truth knowledge you could be adding false data
    into OSM. <br>
    Assuming third party imagery is accurate is poor mapping & an
    example of why i don't like 'tools' such as maproulette.<br>
    Add a note to the website asking for local knowledge to check if
    something still exists.<br>
    <br>
    <blockquote type="cite">
      <div dir="auto">
        <div dir="auto"> It can be the same with buildings on BING
          imagery. </div>
        <div dir="auto"><br>
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        <div dir="auto">Leaving a removed: item helps prevent that,
          until the space is redeveloped and replaced with something
          else.</div>
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    <br>
    How far back should we go? i live in a Roman city. That's a /lot/ of
    removed data.<br>
    <br>
    To repeat: "a place for mapping things that are both <em>real and
      current</em> "<br>
    <br>
    DaveF<br>
    <br>
    --------------------<br>
    <br>
    <br>
    <br>
    <div>On 25/04/2022 12:19, Timothy Noname
      wrote:<br>
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    <blockquote type="cite">
      <div dir="auto">LSP = Life Cycle Prefix.
        <div dir="auto"><br>
        </div>
        <div dir="auto">Changing amenity=telephone to
          removed:amenity=telephone</div>
        <div dir="auto"><br>
        </div>
        <div dir="auto">I sometimes add Postboxes I see on mapillary,
          but it's always possible they were previously mapped and
          removed because they don't exist anymore. It can be the same
          with buildings on BING imagery. </div>
        <div dir="auto"><br>
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        <div dir="auto">Leaving a removed: item helps prevent that,
          until the space is redeveloped and replaced with something
          else.</div>
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        <div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, 25 Apr 2022, 11:12
          Dave F, <<a href="mailto:davefoxfac63@btinternet.com" target="_blank">davefoxfac63@btinternet.com</a>>
          wrote:<br>
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          <div> Hi<br>
            <br>
            What is 'LSP'?<br>
            <br>
            <br>
            OSM is not a historical map. <br>
            <a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/welcome" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.openstreetmap.org/welcome</a>:<br>
            <br>
            "a place for mapping things that are both <em>real and
              current</em> "<br>
            <br>
            If features are completely removed, then remove the entity
            from OSM. If is still in existence but unused the 'disused:'
            prefix can be added.<br>
            <br>
            DaveF<br>
            <br>
            <div>On 25/04/2022 10:28, Timothy Noname wrote:<br>
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              <div dir="auto">I'm thinking about amenities like
                Telephone boxes and Postal boxes. If they have been
                removed you can either delete them from OSM or tag then
                with the removed life cycle prefix. The advantage of the
                second is that it might prevent someone re-adding the
                feature using old imagery or survey information.
                <div dir="auto">Is this the preferred approach or is
                  there some problem with this approach?</div>
                <div dir="auto"><br>
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                <div dir="auto">Thanks</div>
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