[Talk-us] dubious church node

[Kevin Kenny]

On Fri, Sep 29, 2017 at 8:18 PM, Ed Hillsman <hillsman at pobox.com> wrote:

> In my mapping in Albuquerque, I have come across a number of GNIS nodes
> tagged as churches or schools, in built-up areas, that I am unable to find
> on the ground anywhere near the coordinates. I’ve researched a few of them
> and found that they did exist at one time or another but have been
> demolished or incorporated into newer facilities. So I’ve added a note to
> these that they are “historic” but that I can’t pin down their location.
> Otherwise, I’ve left them alone, figuring someone with more knowledge of
> local history can figure out where they were located.
>

No knowledge of local history needed. If something isn't there on the
ground any more, then it shouldn't be on the map.

I feel free to delete GNIS stuff for features that no longer exist. There
are cases where I've instead done things like

building=detatched historic:amenity=school

for an old schoolhouse converted to a private home.

Another point is that if you have the outline for something that GNIS shows
as a node, please conflate! I've done that with a lot of buildings and
parks locally - just copy-and-paste the GNIS tags from the node to the
polygon and then delete the node.
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