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129893336 almost 3 years ago

Here's an example: take Trout Creek, Montana (https://www.google.com/maps/@47.8479174,-115.6253139,18z). If you look at Google Maps, you see these parcels laid out in a grid, but no matching streets. There was a public hearing to vacate this plat just three days ago: https://co.sanders.mt.us/notice-of-public-hearing-townsite-of-trout-creek/

It is immediately clear that no streets have existed here for decades and the town itself is completely abandoned, but they are necessarily still listed in the county's street database because they still legally exist. To stay in accordance with OSM's rules about mapping what's on the ground, these roads would not be mapped even before the plat vacation. The case here isn't much different.

129893336 almost 3 years ago

I don't think most of these roads should be on the map. They may have existed in the past, but are now abandoned. The parcels and streets were never vacated, so they might still exist in a legal sense, but most of these roads can't be driven on, have no addresses assigned off them, and have no signs on the ground. As far as I can tell, only Main Street, a single block of 7th Street, and Old Parker Road are still signed. This is common in many abandoned/disincorporated towns. You likely know the area better than I, so I may have misjudged, but I have mapped similar situations before from my armchair and through on-the-ground survey. Let me know your thoughts.

I would generally say that while parcel maps are perhaps the best source for verifying the shape and name of a road, when dated they don't always reflect reality. These townsites aren't vacated because it requires action on the part of the landowners and there is no point in spending time and money filing paperwork to vacate parcels that aren't worth money to begin with. As for the streets, these require the consent of landowners to be vacated, and again there is no point because you're just spending time to abolish a pointless legal reality. Without a vacation, the parcels and streets will remain in the assessor's listings.

124614868 almost 3 years ago

Not the only potentially problematic way. way/1084514292 and way/1084514162, for example. It would probably be good to take a look at the entire relation.

124614868 almost 3 years ago

way/1084514202 being part of the forest seems suspect. It overlaps private residences and doesn't follow parcel boundaries.

131800231 almost 3 years ago

Even more confusing, it was originally platted as part of Blaser No. 7, which is already weird because all of those plats are in completely different parts of the city.

The former building was also weird. Windows added in the rear sometime in the 2010s, a clipped corner, and just generally not looking like a house (and especially a mobile home). Indecipherable.

131779448 almost 3 years ago

5,761 changesets. I'm so sorry.

131716635 almost 3 years ago

Coastlines are rerendered very infrequently due to their unique implementation that is also computationally intensive. If you did things right it can still take weeks to show up.

131686972 almost 3 years ago

SEO editors never come back and never look at changeset comments. I haven't seen it happen once. They only ever come back to update the listing.

34292562 almost 3 years ago

Seems inaccurate to have The Reserve tagged as 10 identical casinos.

131639196 almost 3 years ago

This segment you've added is actually a driveway. It has bollards preventing vehicle access except for emergencies. Please correct.

131577998 almost 3 years ago

Common for hotel business entries to include the name of the city or even neighborhood (see Google Maps, trip planning sites, etc.) but not appropriate for OSM.

131575514 almost 3 years ago

Does it still exist? If so, it should be tagged as highway=track and disused=yes.

111407215 almost 3 years ago

Isn't the ref supposed to be NF, not FS?

Either way, the name should be blank.

131432886 almost 3 years ago

Check the county parcel map. Failing that, USPS lookup of an address. If the signs are wrong you might consider sending an email to the transportation department.

131253761 almost 3 years ago

It contains personal information on both yourself and others. It is more suitable for a private, personal diary. No one else is interested in the information. Changeset discussions are for discussing... well, changes. Who threw toilet paper in a tree at some Bible camp is relevant to no one, and even mentioning that you went there, especially as a minor, is a risk to your personal safety.

Please just stick to contributions like adding detail to bus stops or creating POI and leave your personal life personal.

131395624 almost 3 years ago

Welcome to OpenStreetMap! Thanks for contributing. On OSM, we expand all pre and postdirectionals and road suffixes, e.g., Ave -> Avenue and St -> Street. Please keep this in mind when adding names. Thank you!

131385921 almost 3 years ago

That would make the revert of useful additions vandalism...

131251186 almost 3 years ago

Please press Q to square buildings after drawing them as well.

130987115 almost 3 years ago

There goes my hope of a 365-day streak.

131322873 almost 3 years ago

This is a pipestem driveway, not a residential road.