[Talk-us-massachusetts] incorrect island naming

[Jason Remillard]

I say keep it!

Seriously, virtually everything around us that has a name started off with
a person just making it up....



On Fri, Mar 16, 2018 at 3:43 PM, Greg Troxel <gdt at lexort.com> wrote:

> So apparently OSM is not as important as google:
>
> https://www.boston.com/news/local-news/2018/03/16/busta-
> rhymes-island-mill-pond-shrewsbury
>
> but it appears clear from the article that both GNIS and the local
> authorities do not recognize the name, and there is evidence that there
> is no established local usage.  It seems to be a campaign by a single
> person.
>
> https://99percentinvisible.org/episode/one-man-is-an-island/
>
> But it is in OSM.  What say the locals?
>
> https://www.openstreetmap.org/changeset/21046687#map=19/42.
> 28413/-71.73923&layers=N
>
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