[Talk-us] Node versus area for school?

Alex Mauer hawke at hawkesnest.net
Mon Mar 16 21:17:17 GMT 2009


Alan Millar wrote:
> In my area I have some schools with both a node and an area.  Most schools
> are just the node with the GNIS ID, but some have the school grounds
> mapped out as an area also.
> 
> Does anyone have any thoughts or opinions on best practices for the node
> versus area?

Other discussion regarding the GNIS import suggests that the area is
preferred if available, and the tags (especially gnis:feature_id) should
be copied from the node to the area (and corrected where applicable.)

-Alex Mauer "hawke"

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