<div dir="ltr">Nope, don't do it. The term "The Carolinas" does not exist except in people's minds and in travel brochures. It does not belong on OSM.<br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, Mar 18, 2022 at 8:02 PM Eric Patrick <<a href="mailto:txemt1@gmail.com">txemt1@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto">I’ll restate my objections here:</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">“The Carolinas” isn’t a state, it’s two different states, which require its own border. If you’re gonna do that, what about “The Dakota”? If we start naming regions, how far down the rabbit hole do we go? Yes, there are some well established regions, Pacific NW & New England come to mind, but I don’t see the need for two states. </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Eric</div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, Mar 18, 2022 at 08:41 Reem Ali Suwaileh <<a href="mailto:reem.suwaileh@gmail.com" target="_blank">reem.suwaileh@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div style="overflow-wrap: break-word;" lang="EN-US"><div><div><p style="margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:9.75pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:13.65pt;background:white none repeat scroll 0% 0%"><span style="color:black">Hi,<u></u><u></u></span></p><p style="margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:9.75pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:13.65pt;background:white none repeat scroll 0% 0%;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;text-align:start;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;word-spacing:0px"><span style="color:black">The name "Carolinas" is commonly used to describe both North Carolina and South Carolina. These states exist separately on OSM. I wanted to add a new node for "Carolinas" as it's commonly used on social media this way but wants to hear from you first?<u></u><u></u></span></p><p style="margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:9.75pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:13.65pt;background:white none repeat scroll 0% 0%;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;text-align:start;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;word-spacing:0px"><span style="color:black">I want an easy way to create a node by merging existing North Carolina and South Carolina borders. Is this possible? I need that because I work on automating the extracting of locations names over social media posts and wants to link those locations against OSM.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p style="margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:9.75pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:13.65pt;background:white none repeat scroll 0% 0%;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;text-align:start;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;word-spacing:0px"><span style="color:black">Thanks,<u></u><u></u></span></p><p style="margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:9.75pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:13.65pt;background:white none repeat scroll 0% 0%"><span style="color:black">Reem<u></u><u></u></span></p></div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p></div></div>
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