[OSM-newbies] Gaping hole in the Pittsburgh Metro Area (John Lewis)

[John Lewis]

The nodes for most of the houses in the Pittsburgh Metro as well as the 
Pittsburgh City never existed. I can't randomly pick a city address and 
expect to find it on the map. Some major points of interest are 
represented. Once I get to the suburbs the suberbs finding houses that 
represent points of interest are a rarity and all come from geo names.

I guess I can start by making OpenStreetMap nodes for the locations in 
the geo names. Then I can figure out how to do web development I can put 
a website on one of my virtual private servers and organize a mapping 
party for the less notable house nodes.

I don't understand how Western Pennsylvania Hospital can have a symbol 
on the map but not have a node representing it at all, how does that happen?

What are presets for? Should I denote buildings with more than one node?

On 07/30/2013 10:51 AM, John Deters wrote:
> Can you check back in the history of changes in that area? Sounds like someone might have mis-moused and deleted a large area of nodes. It would be better to restore than to recreate.
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