[Talk-us] Adding a new node by merging borders of two other existing nodes?

[Dave Swarthout]

Nope, don't do it. The term "The Carolinas" does not exist except in
people's minds and in travel brochures. It does not belong on OSM.

On Fri, Mar 18, 2022 at 8:02 PM Eric Patrick <txemt1 at gmail.com> wrote:

> I’ll restate my objections here:
>
> “The Carolinas” isn’t a state, it’s two different states, which require
> its own border. If you’re gonna do that, what about “The Dakota”? If we
> start naming regions, how far down the rabbit hole do we go? Yes, there are
> some well established regions, Pacific NW & New England come to mind, but I
> don’t see the need for two states.
>
> Eric
>
> On Fri, Mar 18, 2022 at 08:41 Reem Ali Suwaileh <reem.suwaileh at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> The name "Carolinas" is commonly used to describe both North Carolina and
>> South Carolina. These states exist separately on OSM. I wanted to add a new
>> node for "Carolinas" as it's commonly used on social media this way but
>> wants to hear from you first?
>>
>> I want an easy way to create a node by merging existing North Carolina
>> and South Carolina borders. Is this possible? I need that because I work on
>> automating the extracting of locations names over social media posts and
>> wants to link those locations against OSM.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Reem
>>
>>
>>
>>
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