On Mon, Mar 9, 2015 at 4:03 PM, Bryce Nesbitt <bry...@obviously.com> wrote: > The core problem is: > railway=abandoned > Refers to railway service, and does not describe what's on the ground. > What's on the ground could range from a bit of residual lead arsenate > herbicide, > up through a highly visible gravel trackbed with bridges and culverts and > bits of railway artifact scattered about.
Is that the case?/ If so then I suggest that such objects be moved to a more suitable home where they're less susceptible to deletion, such as a database of historical objects. If there's nothing visible then such objects are likely going to be deleted at some point by someone who is walking/driving by and doesn't see the railroad. I've had this issue myself in NYC where there's no tracks, because the objects were mis-tagged as being on layer 0 rather than underground. I deleted railroad tracks that I could not observe. Apparently the tunnels still exist, so the issue was resolved, but I can imagine this becoming a source of conflict. I know that the railway community in OSM is very passionate. I'm wondering if there's not a better way to get their mapping needs met. - Serge _______________________________________________ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging
