[Talk-us] Merging a GNIS node with a TIGER way - for a town

[Richard Welty]

On 1/29/14 2:23 PM, Bryce Nesbitt wrote:
> I generally copy the tags to the boundary (in JOSM copy the node, then
> paste tags into the way).
> The tiger and gnis tags do not overlap.  The GNISID is a particularly
> useful tag to preserve.
gnisid may be the only one worth saving, most of the GNIS: tags are really
worthless.
> Town vs. City is a matter of opinion.  You can visit the municipal website
> and use whatever term they use more often.
>
>
er, no. depends on the state. in NY, town, city, village, hamlet, and
borough
all have very distinct legal meanings and there is no opinion about it. i
would not presume to judge these terms in CA.

richard

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