[OSM-talk] RFC: what are empty nodes and how should we use them?

[M∡rtin Koppenhoefer]

2010/8/16 Renaud MICHEL <r.h.michel+osm at gmail.com>:
>> Are there any empty nodes that make sense, or is a empty always node
>> nonsense?
>
> I'd say the validators are right, because a node that is neither part of a
> way, nor part of a relation, and has no tags is simply useless: we have no
> idea why it sits there.


+1, at least if they are older than some days/weeks. If someone is
doing a very big upload it might be (dependant on the way he
structures the upload) that he is first uploading nodes and only later
the ways. That's why I wouldn't delete recently created empty nodes.

cheers,
Martin