[OSM-talk] Was the deletion of Null Island reasonable?

Emil Linus Albrecht admin at sandschmecktgut.de
Mon Jan 3 02:14:17 UTC 2022


Good evening, everyone,


This is a little outdated, yes, but debate has just sparked in the OSM 
World Discord server about a deletion of something, some might consider 
the base of everything: Null Island (Node #9028040143).


This has already been discussed a little on changeset #110097966, the 
creation of the Null Island node, though I feel this needs to be 
discussed more, as this can apply to other things as well.


I personally think, fictional stuff such as Null Island should be kept:

* It has a Wikipedia page

* German semi-educational TV show Galileo once covered it

* It is in many other datasets

* We also have Node #2327750884



What do you all think? Should Null Island be kept? Please, let everyone 
know!

-Emil




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