[OSM-talk] To those who remove dupe nodes

[Matt Amos]

On Sun, Jan 9, 2011 at 4:25 PM, Nathan Edgars II <neroute2 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Frederik Ramm wrote:
>> Your original complaint was about people removing *duplicate* nodes
>> though, not people removing fresh, unused nodes. That's another
>> situation; if your upload creates duplicate nodes then your upload is
>> buggy and should be stopped.
>>
> Not always - an import of TIGER county lines will create dupes with TIGER
> roads, and these should not be joined.

in this case Oscar's import consists of landuse areas, which should be
joined. otherwise, what's in the gap? ;-)

with the admin boundaries and physical features it's more of a matter
of opinion; there are good reasons to join them, and good reasons to
have them separate.

cheers,

matt