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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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[–] giggls@karlsruhe-social.de 8 points 4 months ago

@danish @openstreetmap Edit the existing one to preserve object history. Good practice ist to change shop=something to disused:shop=something. This way the object can be re-tagged again as shop=somethingnew if it re-opens. If it just re-opens just skip the disused step.