# What is the purpose of having both "nodes" and "vertices" in the package OpenStreetMapX?

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**Category:** General Usage\
**Created:** [September 1, 2019, 3:51pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/what-is-the-purpose-of-having-both-nodes-and-vertices-in-the-package-openstreetmapx/28265 "2019-09-01T15:51:39Z")\
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**Post date:** [September 1, 2019, 3:51pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/what-is-the-purpose-of-having-both-nodes-and-vertices-in-the-package-openstreetmapx/28265/1 "2019-09-01T15:51:39Z")

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Hi. I hope this is not a naive question. I’m working on the OpenStreetMapX package lately and I do not quite understand the purpose of having both “nodes” and “vertices” in the package. Is it necessary? Any comments are greatly appreciated.