Re: [Tagging] [OSM-talk] Should we map things that do not exist?

[Jack Armstrong]

From: Volker Schmidt  

I do object strongly to the invitation to remove the razed/dismantled-railway tag in the case of railway tracks have been replaced by roads with the same geometry. To the contrary this is one of the more fortunate cases where the original route has been conserved, and it is easy to travel along a historical railroad.

The wiki page seems reasonable to me.

The last sentences, "Overall, mapping such features is acceptable where some remains like embankments, remains of bridges etc remain. Where it was replaced by new buildings and roads the mapping of such features becomes out of scope for OpenStreetMap."

The wiki permits the mapping of reality, on-the-ground, as it is in the world today. OSM should reflect what exists today, not decades ago. If there is something that remains of a previous railroad, then it can be mapped in some way. If there is nothing remaining of what used to be a railroad, it should be out-of-scope.

A historian will see the world as it used to exist.

An OSM user should see the world as it is today.

- Jack Armstrong

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