[OSM-newbies] How Do I Handle Outdated Data?

[James Card]

On Fri, 11 May 2012 21:04:00 -0700, Clifford Snow  
<clifford at snowandsnow.us> wrote:

> If the node isn't significant, then I just delete it.  But something
> historical I mark it as such.  For example the original Red Robbin
> restaurant recently closed, so the building is marked accordingly.  Since
> its on great real estate, it probably won't remain vacant long.

Thanks. Now I'm wondering about a related issue: if I delete this node  
(which was part of a GNIS import) and a couple of years from now someone  
imports GNIS data again to pick up its updates, will we then see the old  
data in the map again? Are these mass imports a one-time-only event? If  
not, is there a mechanism to propagate our changes back to the data source?

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