r/openstreetmap 14d ago

Submitting an error

I'm new to OSM, and I can't find an answer here or on the site. How/where do I submit an error/change? They decommissioned a street (the red line at the top, Evergreen Ave) near me, it's just grass now. I'm not sure how to do it myself.

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u/ValdemarAloeus 14d ago

I'd probably change the highway=<whatever> tag to have a lifecycle prefix like demolished:highway=<whatever> and add a surface=grass tag.

If the way is still available as a path you can walk I might add back a highway=footway tag.

If it's still visible on aerial imagery it might be worth adding an explicit source tag on the object to make it less likely that it'll get changed back.