> Martin Koppenhoefer wrote: >> - railway=subway -> not sure why this was chosen, "underground" seems a >> reasonable BE candidate while the "metro" term seems to be Paris-related in
If my memory serves me right, I've read an ancient (in OSM context) discussion about it: most subway/underground/metro systems contain sections that are not underground, so with two possible terms, the one which doesn't give the impression that the whole track system must be underground was chosen. -- alv _______________________________________________ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging
