Key:gnis:created
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| The GNIS Date Created value which is the date that the record was created in GNIS. This is not useful information in OSM and can be safely deleted. |
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| Status: discardable |
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The GNIS Date Created value which is the date that the record was created in GNIS. This is not useful information in OSM and can be safely deleted.
See https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/USGS_GNIS#Legacy_tags_from_GNIS_imports
See https://osmus.slack.com/archives/C029HV951/p1701687771582489 and https://community.openstreetmap.org/t/mass-remove-gnis-created-and-similar-tags/107018/
See also
gnis:County=*gnis:County_num=*gnis:county_id=*gnis:county_name=*gnis:state_alpha=*gnis:state_id=*gnis:ST_num=*gnis:ST_alpha=*gnis:ST_alph=*gnis:state=*gnis:county=*
which are basically weird form of is_in tag and in general in similar situation
gnis:Class=* and gnis:feature_type=* are also highly dubious.
Systematically removed by Mechanical Edits/Mateusz Konieczny - bot account/remove not needed GNIS tags
