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submitted 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) by danish@mstdn.dk to c/openstreetmap@lemmy.ml

I need some help @openstreetmap.

UPDATE: Thanks for all the help!

What do I do, if a business has closed down, and then a new business has taken over the same place?

Do I mark the previous business as “does not exist” and add the new one, or do I edit the existing one?

#OpenStreetMap #OSM #OrganicMaps

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[-] simon@en.osm.town 18 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

@danish @openstreetmap in general edit the existing one, all elements in OSM are versioned and it is considered best practice to maintain the history of objects.

[-] foxy@en.osm.town 2 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

@simon @danish @openstreetmap

But only when it is the same object. If it was a POI marked on the map as a node, then it is better to delete the old node and create a new one.

Otherwise we will get something like this: https://osm.org/node/2/history

[-] simon@en.osm.town 5 points 4 months ago

@foxy @danish @openstreetmap you need to differentiate between reusing existing nodes for other purposes (as in your example), which irl works against preserving history, and using an existing element for a new or different facility in the same place (there is some grey area there obviously).

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