[OSM-talk] Karlruhe Scheme addressing ways from 2009 TIGER data

[andrzej zaborowski]

2009/11/15 andrzej zaborowski <balrogg at gmail.com>:
> I agree with
> Anthony that these tags are useless *except* this one tag, the Id *is*
> useful, please don't remove it.

To clarify what I mean, a good measure is probably whether you're
changing the name on the road.  If you're changing the geometry
(splitting, merging, whatever) or fixing the spelling or expanding
abbrevs, keep the Id.  If you're changing the name to a whole
different one, remove the id.

Cheers