Re: [talk-au] Railways
On Fri, Nov 28, 2014 at 6:28 PM, Matt White mattwh...@iinet.net.au wrote: This particular thing really annoys me. Fair enough if the track is still in place - go nuts mapping it - but there are disused rail lines marked up even when the track hasn't been in place for 30 years, and it's only an historical curiosity. See the Inner Circle railway in Melbourne for example: http://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=19/-37.78015/144.97908 I've been tempted to nuke this disused railway for ages, especially as the current path doesn't actually reflect where it even use to run with any accuracy. Hi Matt, Didn't we (or maybe it was someone else) argue about this a year or two ago? Please don't nuke it. There are lots of physical traces of the former railway present, like platforms, pieces of rail, stations, infrastructure like a former electrical substation, etc. I don't know what you mean by only an historical curiosity. It is of historical interest to many people, and is as real and concrete as other historical ruins. If you think the current geometry is inaccurate, please improve it if possible. Thanks, Steve ___ Talk-au mailing list Talk-au@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-au
[talk-au] Railways
Hi all, I've recently noticed a tenancy for people to tag railways as disused, even when all traces have been gone for decades. This is probably because railway=abandoned has been removed from the rendering on openstreetmap.org (to try and stop people tagging abandoned railways..) Just a reminder to all that railway=abandoned is still the correct tag for a track that doesn't exist anymore. railway=disused is only for tracks that are still in place and able to be used (at least in theory). Has anyone seen a site that renders historical or current railway lines so I can direct people there to see their work rendered? ___ Talk-au mailing list Talk-au@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-au
Re: [talk-au] Railways
According to the legend of http://www.openrailwaymap.org/ , both disused and abandoned railways are a rendered (in different styles) regards m On Thu, Nov 27, 2014 at 9:52 AM, Leon Kernan lker...@gmail.com wrote: Hi all, I've recently noticed a tenancy for people to tag railways as disused, even when all traces have been gone for decades. This is probably because railway=abandoned has been removed from the rendering on openstreetmap.org (to try and stop people tagging abandoned railways..) Just a reminder to all that railway=abandoned is still the correct tag for a track that doesn't exist anymore. railway=disused is only for tracks that are still in place and able to be used (at least in theory). Has anyone seen a site that renders historical or current railway lines so I can direct people there to see their work rendered? ___ Talk-au mailing list Talk-au@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-au ___ Talk-au mailing list Talk-au@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-au
Re: [talk-au] Railways
This particular thing really annoys me. Fair enough if the track is still in place - go nuts mapping it - but there are disused rail lines marked up even when the track hasn't been in place for 30 years, and it's only an historical curiosity. See the Inner Circle railway in Melbourne for example: http://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=19/-37.78015/144.97908 I've been tempted to nuke this disused railway for ages, especially as the current path doesn't actually reflect where it even use to run with any accuracy. Matt On 27/11/2014 7:52 PM, Leon Kernan wrote: Hi all, I've recently noticed a tenancy for people to tag railways as disused, even when all traces have been gone for decades. This is probably because railway=abandoned has been removed from the rendering on openstreetmap.org http://openstreetmap.org (to try and stop people tagging abandoned railways..) Just a reminder to all that railway=abandoned is still the correct tag for a track that doesn't exist anymore. railway=disused is only for tracks that are still in place and able to be used (at least in theory). Has anyone seen a site that renders historical or current railway lines so I can direct people there to see their work rendered? ___ Talk-au mailing list Talk-au@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-au ___ Talk-au mailing list Talk-au@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-au
