[OSM-newbies] How Do I Handle Outdated Data?

[Phil! Gold]

* Stewart C. Russell <scruss at gmail.com> [2012-05-12 23:41 -0400]:
> For example, the runways of RCAF Port Albert are still in CanVec, but
> were dug up in 2006. Every time I'm near there in OSM, I slide over and
> check to see that no-one's put them back.  They've reappeared once, and
> may do so again.

This won't help for imports, but I've seen places where people have put in
ways along now-absent features with only a note= tag saying that the
features are now gone.  That at least catches people who are tracing from
outdated aerial imagery.

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