[Talk-us] Proposed mechanical edit - remove objects that are not existing according to source of GNIS import that added them

[Mateusz Konieczny]

Mar 21, 2019, 4:46 AM by m at rtijn.org:

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>> On Mar 20, 2019, at 9:01 AM, Mateusz Konieczny <>> matkoniecz at tutanota.com <mailto:matkoniecz at tutanota.com>>> > wrote:
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>> I plan to run an automated edit that will revert part of the GNIS
>> import that added them and delete objects that never had any reason to
>> appear in the OSM database in any form, at least according to GNIS data.
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>> Please comment no matter what you think about this idea! I will not
>> make the edit without a clear support so please comment if you think
>> that it is a good idea and if you think that it should not be done.>>  
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> Thanks for bringing the idea up. It actually did come up fairly recently on Slack > https://osmus.slack.com/archives/C029HV951/p1550176430103000 <https://osmus.slack.com/archives/C029HV951/p1550176430103000>>  
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> My view is that we would be missing an opportunity to have mappers review these locations and update the areas concerned. These nodes exist mostly in ‘undermapped' / remote areas that could use some human mapper attention. So I’d be in favor of trying to resolve this using some human driven cleanup first.
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What is the benefit, during survey, of mapped places that are not existing anymore?

I encounter many during surveys (usually result of data getting outdated) and for me it was
always time sink (as I needed to check is it actually gone) and never useful in any way.

Note that it is not obvious, especially for beginner or data users, that all of this places
are not existing anymore.
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