Re: [Talk-GB] railway:historic = rail tags

2012-07-06 Thread Kev js1982
I've noticed a stack of stations showing up on the map recently labelled VillageName Station which just seams wrong and to have them show up on the default rendering seams even more wrong. They are tagged railway=station; disused=yes e.g. Widmerpool Station http://osm.org/go/eu8kWOCCe-- Plumtree

Re: [Talk-GB] railway:historic = rail tags

2012-07-06 Thread Andy Allan
On 6 July 2012 21:43, Kev js1982 o...@kevswindells.eu wrote: I've noticed a stack of stations showing up on the map recently labelled VillageName Station which just seams wrong and to have them show up on the default rendering seams even more wrong. They are tagged railway=station;

Re: [Talk-GB] railway:historic = rail tags

2012-07-06 Thread Kev js1982
Done - I now remember where I first saw them jumping out at me! On 6 July 2012 21:49, Andy Allan gravityst...@gmail.com wrote: On 6 July 2012 21:43, Kev js1982 o...@kevswindells.eu wrote: I've noticed a stack of stations showing up on the map recently labelled VillageName Station which just

Re: [Talk-GB] railway:historic = rail tags

2012-07-04 Thread Craig Loftus
However, there are also instances of highway=no, where roads have been realigned or ripped up, should these also be removed from the database? I think highway=no is typically used as a temporary tag to try to stop remote mappers from adding something from a source that is not up to date. In

Re: [Talk-GB] railway:historic = rail tags

2012-07-04 Thread Peter Miller
On 4 July 2012 09:39, Craig Loftus craigloftus+...@googlemail.com wrote: However, there are also instances of highway=no, where roads have been realigned or ripped up, should these also be removed from the database? I think highway=no is typically used as a temporary tag to try to stop

Re: [Talk-GB] railway:historic = rail tags

2012-07-04 Thread Donald Noble
On 4 July 2012 09:39, Craig Loftus craigloftus+...@googlemail.com wrote: I think highway=no is typically used as a temporary tag to try to stop remote mappers from adding something from a source that is not up to date. … However, what is the argument for keeping connections between

Re: [Talk-GB] railway:historic = rail tags

2012-07-02 Thread Chris Hill
)  but this is not a historic document. Cheers Jason W (UniEagle) -Original Message- From: Dave F. Sent: Sunday, July 01, 2012 10:49 PM To: talk-gb@openstreetmap.org Subject: Re: [Talk-GB] railway:historic = rail tags On 30/06/2012 15:11, SomeoneElse wrote: Obviously mapping

Re: [Talk-GB] railway:historic = rail tags

2012-07-02 Thread Peter Miller
On 1 July 2012 22:49, Dave F. dave...@madasafish.com wrote: On 30/06/2012 15:11, SomeoneElse wrote: Obviously mapping things that aren't there any more is a bigger issue Has there been discussion about this outside talk:railway? If there hasn't I'm a bit annoyed that a niche user

Re: [Talk-GB] railway:historic = rail tags

2012-07-02 Thread Richard Fairhurst
Peter Miller wrote:  I started using railway:historic=xxx in place of railway=dismantled for cycletracks etc in response to a comment through OSM messaging that one editor had found it confusing to suddenly have cyclepaths being rendered as railways in Potlatch due the railway=xxx tag

Re: [Talk-GB] railway:historic = rail tags

2012-07-02 Thread Shaun McDonald
On 2 Jul 2012, at 16:19, Richard Fairhurst wrote: Peter Miller wrote:  I started using railway:historic=xxx in place of railway=dismantled for cycletracks etc in response to a comment through OSM messaging that one editor had found it confusing to suddenly have cyclepaths being rendered

Re: [Talk-GB] railway:historic = rail tags

2012-06-30 Thread Philip Barnes
I had spotted some of these, same mapper, near Whitchurch, and must admit it has concerned me as previously it had shown on the map as a tracked. It is still visible on the ground, but now not visible on the map. This seems wrong to me, my feeling it should be reverted. Was going to contract the