On Tue, 2 Jun 2020 at 12:23, Volker Schmidt <[email protected]> wrote:
Anyway the examples you find in OSM are few and in all cases I know the > completely erased bits are a tiny part of the overall ex-railway. > There are three ex-railways in my area (possibly more). Even though the rail part of those railways has mostly been removed, the way part of those railways is still mostly in evidence. Apart from embankments, cuttings, bridges and tunnels there are the green corridors - either tree-lined hedges or trails cut through woods. Some sections have been repurposed as footpaths and/or cycle paths. A few short sections have been resurrected as heritage railways. The places where all traces have been removed and build over are very few and far between. I could delete those tiny sections of ex-railway that somebody spent time mapping, but then it loses the coherence that aids understanding (unless I shove the pieces into some sort of relation). I understand the perspective of the purists, and one day a purist may come along and remove sections where all traces have gone. But I have other things I could be mapping so I won't bother doing it myself. -- Paul
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