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

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> Date: Thu, 21 Mar 2019 08:04:13 +0100 (CET)
> From: Mateusz Konieczny <matkoniecz at tutanota.com>
> Cc: Talk Us <talk-us at openstreetmap.org>
> Subject: Re: [Talk-us] Proposed mechanical edit - remove objects that
> 	are not existing according to source of GNIS import that added them
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> 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.
>>>
>>> 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.>>
>>>
>> 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 I encounter many during surveys (usually result of data getting outdated) and for me it was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.


Instead of deleting the features that don't exist anymore, couldn't they 
be moved over to OHM?

Mark