[Talk-us] GNIS Import Done

[Ian Dees]

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On Thu, Mar 12, 2009 at 11:26 AM, Ian Dees <ian.dees at gmail.com> wrote:

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> On Thu, Mar 12, 2009 at 11:18 AM, David Lynch <djlynch at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> Another what-if tagging situation -- what about places where there are
>> two nodes for the same object, one containing an out-of-date name, one
>> containing the current name?
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> Delete the old (out of date) name and keep the new one.
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> If they are the same structure and they have a new name, copy the
> gnis:feature_id tag and value over.
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> There is a pretty specific procedure that the GNIS board goes through when
> coming up with names for things because they want to make everyone (local,
> city, state, federal governments and citizens) happy. Keep that in mind when
> looking at the difference in names.
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