Re: [talk-au] Railways

[Steve Bennett]

On Fri, Nov 28, 2014 at 6:28 PM, Matt White  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
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Re: [talk-au] Railways

[Matt White]

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  (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?





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Re: [talk-au] Railways

[Marc Gemis]

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  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?
>
>
>
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[talk-au] Railways

[Leon Kernan]

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?
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