[Tagging] [OSM-talk] Should we map things that do not exist?

[Skyler Hawthorne]

On May 25, 2020 15:35:44 Jack Armstrong <jacknstacy at sprynet.com> wrote:
> I agree with Mateusz Konieczny. If there is some vestige of the object 
> remaining, then mapping it in some way seems reasonable. But, if the 
> railway, building, highway, etc., are completely removed and there are 
> absolutely no visible remains of what was once there, it can be removed.
>
>
> I don't see the need to map something that does not actually exist.
>
> - Jack Armstrong
> chachafish

I agree. OSM is not a historical object database. If it doesn't exist, it 
shouldn't be in the data.
--
Skyler
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