There are named localities that have only the most tenuous of identifiable features.
One example that I've visited is 'Sled Harbor'. It never had a population. It was just a place where the woods were open enough that loggers could store their sleds there in the summer. It's now right at the boundary between protected wilderness and International Paper land. Since there's an easement for the public to travel International Paper's road (well, logging track), it's the farthest that one can lawfully drive (well, force passage with a 4WD, when there isn't deep snow or mud) to pick up or drop off a party. Because of this, hikers still use the name. But it's really just a point where the highway=track crosses into the boundary=protected_area. There's no formal parking. It isn't the endpoint of the track, since it continues in farther to abandoned logging camps dating from before the state owned the Jessup River parcel. All that there is there is a sign saying something like, "no motor vehicles beyond this point." It is still a place with a name. It did come in from GNIS as 'populated place,' which it is not and never was. Still, I don't see a good alternative to place=location for it, so I'm definitely against the idea of removing locations wholesale. _______________________________________________ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging
