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I need some help . (mstdn.dk)

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

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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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[–] rytro@fosstodon.org 6 points 4 months ago (1 children)

@danish @openstreetmap
Not sure if/how this works in Organic Maps, but it is common to change the name and type to the new business and ideally put some context in the description (for all) and/or note (for other mappers) tag (like "this used to be a bakery until May 24, reopened as a cafe in July 24") and possibly keeping the old name in an old_name tag.
The advantage over deleting and adding a new POI is that you can track the history of a business premise over time via one OSM node object.

[–] redd@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

I recommend to use the changeset comment to be be used for this kind of plaintext information.

Unfortunately my experience with Organic Maps was, that the changeset comment cannot be changed. And for text put in the comment text field a new map note is created.

I hope that Organic Maps developer team will improve on this and will allow changeset comments.