Speaking of rail mapping: I noticed something that could use some attention. The key old_railway_operator=* is used ~90K times, but almost entirely in the US. [1] It has a *really* minimal wiki page. [2] And I don't see it mentioned on the main Railways page [3] or the US Railways project page [4]. (though I did see it on the California Railroads page you linked to)
At minimum, I'm thinking some additional documentation would be good. Also wondering if the US OSM rail community is doing things differently from the rest of the world? Or maybe the rest of the world is still using their railroads! :) Thanks, Brad [1] http://taginfo.openstreetmap.org/keys/old_railway_operator [2] http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key%3Aold_railway_operator [3] http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Railways [4] http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/WikiProject_United_States/Railways On Wed, Mar 18, 2015 at 2:56 PM, stevea <stevea...@softworkers.com> wrote: > http://wiki.osm.org/wiki/California/Railroads now documents an "early > alpha" state of OSM rail in California. > > Especially if you are a "railfan" in California, please have a look. Or, > if you are a rail enthusiast in another state, and want a template with > which to jump-start better OSM rail completion in your neck of the woods, > please copy what you might from this wiki. It is a little bit "stubby" > (some missing elements in the tables...) but it should provide a good > launch pad for either a California railfan or an OSM mapper who wants to > ignite a similar venture in another state. > > As is true of so many things OSM: there remains much more to do, but look > what we've already done! > > http://www.openrailwaymap.org/?lang=en&lat=37&lon=-96&zoom= > 5&style=standard > > Regards and happy mapping (whether rail or another sort), > > SteveA > California > > _______________________________________________ > Talk-us mailing list > Talk-us@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us >
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