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Why is a lake not displaying on openstreetmap but does in the editor?

The public map does not show Sugar Lake in Minnesota but it appears to have been edited and made into a lake by someone - perhaps here Q21197250 but how is it not showing up on public maps using openstreetmaps as the lake being there. Please help and thanks in advance. :)

lakes

asked 10 Aug '20, 18:59

CoCoRaHS_HQ
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edited 12 Aug '20, 13:40

SimonPoole ♦
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Which one? There are several. https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/57948817#map=14/47.4518/-94.3091 , https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/58746769#map=14/46.4165/-93.4718 , https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/380879604#map=14/43.6903/-93.4863 and https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/899444#map=14/47.1514/-93.8420 all show for me.

(10 Aug '20, 19:03) SomeoneElse ♦

One Answer:

Based on the Wikidata ID, it's this one: https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/60325575

Someone edited it back in January and removed the natural=water tag, replacing it with area=yes. At that point, there weren't any tags indicating it was a lake (or really any kind of feature). I've changed the tag back, so the lake should show up again soon.

answered 10 Aug '20, 19:31

alester
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