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

[Martin Koppenhoefer]

> On 10 Jan 2022, at 00:20, stevea <steveaOSM at softworkers.com> wrote:
> 
> I'll say two things about this again:  first, Null Island is "OSM's zero point," the point from which all other references in our ENTIRE MAP start and derive.  That alone makes it "somewhat important" (to OSM), at least:  it is unique and in a sense "a part of" every single place that OSM represents as data.


agreed the origin is important, but as it is intrinsic, I do not see a need to add a node there. On the other hand, it is just a single node, in an area where it isn’t really interfering with anything, that’s why it could easily be tolerated despite being pointless as an object.


Cheers Martin