Re: [talk-au] tagging of "demolished" roads

2019-11-26 Thread Ben Kelley
This seems like a good case where the road is being actively dismantled. I think the only reason to keep it at all is where you can see the ex-road in imagery, so you want people who are editing to know that this thing doesn't actually exist.  - Ben. On 27/11/19 09:32, Warin wrote: I would

Re: [talk-au] tagging of "demolished" roads

2019-11-26 Thread Warin
On 26/11/19 23:01, Ian Steer wrote: Nanga Rd in WA’s south west has been affected by bauxite mining and has been re-routed.  I’m hesitant to simply delete the old alignment, and am wondering whether there is an appropriate tag like “demolished=yes” to use on it instead ? If it is still

Re: [talk-au] tagging of "demolished" roads

2019-11-26 Thread Mateusz Konieczny
I would recommend (1) changing highway=* to demolished:highway=* (2) adding note tag explaining situation (3) deleting geometry in far future, when there is no risk of remapping it See https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:demolished%3Dyes https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Lifecycle_prefix

Re: [talk-au] tagging of "demolished" roads

2019-11-26 Thread Andy Townsend
On 26/11/2019 12:01, Ian Steer wrote: Nanga Rd in WA’s south west has been affected by bauxite mining and has been re-routed.  I’m hesitant to simply delete the old alignment, and am wondering whether there is an appropriate tag like “demolished=yes” to use on it instead ? Deleting the