Steve Bennett writes:
On Mon, May 28, 2012 at 2:41 PM, Russ Nelson nel...@crynwr.com wrote:
So? The wiki is the place for documenting how YOU map, not how other
people SHOULD map. The only thing you SHOULDN'T do in the wiki is
change the description of how other people map.
C'mon
Steve Bennett writes:
Again, I'm surprised this discussion needs to be had, but there is
clearly very poor shared understanding of what the wiki is for and how
to use it. It seems obvious to me that the wiki is to document
*shared* understanding of mapping standards.
I think you have that
Nathan Edgars II writes:
I'm considering using http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:start_date
and end_date for some railways, but there seems to be too much
ambiguity. First, if it's now a highway=*, I'd use start_date:railway
for when the line opened. But on a railway=disused,
Nathan Edgars II writes:
Why when the tracks were removed? What if a bridge was washed out and
the tracks beyond were left to rust?
What about (say) the Brooklyn Cooperage line out of St. Regis Falls?
It was lain, torn up supposedly for good, and laid down again.
start_date1 and
Nathan Edgars II writes:
http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Proposed_features/place%3Dquarter#Voting_result
So? The wiki is the place for documenting how YOU map, not how other
people SHOULD map. The only thing you SHOULDN'T do in the wiki is
change the description of how other people map.
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Frederik Ramm writes:
Hi,
On 02/25/12 01:23, Richard Welty wrote:
how do you tag a never-completed railway which has significant important
landmark value in the current landscape?
I think that what you are seeing is not a railway at all.
You're kidding, right? If you google
On 2/25/2012 09:15:48 NE2 wrote:
Russ (and I) simply use railway=abandoned for this, with a note
explaining the details. For example:
http://www.openstreetmap.org/browse/relation/2021550 (needs a bit
of work).
I do?? Last I knew, I tagged them railway=unfinished, and you
unilaterally
On 2/25/2012 07:07:12 Steve Bennett wrote:
IMHO there is not much difference between a almost completed then
abandoned and completed then abandoned railway, from the
perspective of OSM.
When I'm out in the field chasing an unfinished railroad, it matters
very much. You see, unfinished
