Thanks! Yes, I definitely meant Acton/Westford. There are similar problems on at least one other Acton boundary, and I will fix those as well.
-Jim Jim Snyder-Grant (he / him / his) why? <https://assets2.hrc.org/files/assets/resources/TalkingAboutPronouns_onesheet_FINAL.pdf> 18 Half Moon Hill Acton MA 01720 508-572-2985 On Sat, Jul 4, 2026 at 2:49 PM Greg Troxel <[email protected]> wrote: > Jim Snyder-Grant <[email protected]> writes: > > > I was looking at the boundary between Acton and Carlisle: > > https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/134060963#map=16/42.53011/-71.41403 > > > > Visually it's two line segments, but the way has 5 nodes instead of the 3 > > that should be needed to define a line with a single bend. > > (1) Am I right that this situation is unhelpful and potentially trouble? > > (2) Would it be helpful if I removed the two extra nodes from the way? ( > > https://www.openstreetmap.org/node/2269011869 and > > https://www.openstreetmap.org/node/11271956771 ?) > > Mostly, I believe you are right that it is unhelpful and potentially > problematic, and I would go further and say that nodes in town > boundaries that are not in the MassGIS Towns Survey should not be > present in OSM. (For others who may not know the legal details: town > boundaries are defined as straight lines between corner monuments, and > while there are monuments at road crossings, those do not *define* the > boundary and should not be included in boundary ways.) > > But, I think you are showing acton/westford. > > The Acton/Carlisle line has 2 corners within it, with one where it > crosses Carlise Street / Acton Street. > > I agree that the Acton / Westford line has only one intermediate corner. > > My guess is that these extra nodes have been created while people are > editing, and join other ways to the town lines. While understandable, I > see this as an error. > > > I haven't been doing much OSM work recently, and I wanted to check before > > proceeding. Is this a good list to ask this sort of elementary question? > > I think so. Apparently some people think forums are better, but I > disagree. >
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