[OSM-talk] Keeping node

[Richard Fairhurst]

lewispusey wrote:

> In my case, yes, as I have used nodes to define railways and water  
> bodies in
> imagery to complement my GPS trail generated information and may  
> not be able
> to get back quickly to join them up (read previous email for reason)
> isolated, duplicate, or random I don't mind. If they are clearly  
> describing
> the future vector outline of a feature why get rid of basically a  
> lot of
> free work that may or not get done again?

To keep the dataset tidy, and potentially speed up db queries in the  
future. But I think what your and Andy A's responses show is that it  
couldn't take place without widespread adoption of a standard for  
drawing/tagging unfinished ways.

Richard