I had thought the main reason for the non-existent tag was when importing data from government sources. If OSM ever get a licensed copy of the vic data ( http://www.land.vic.gov.au ) similar to the data google used this tag would be very useful. This is the main reason no-one uses google/Sensis(UBD) maps in Melbourne, they are crap because they include all the non-existent roads. This database keeps track of land uses, not if it is actually exists. If this data was to be regularly imported (every 6 months) it would be useful to know the non-existent roads so they are not re-established.
This tag could be quite useful in the future, and to have everyone using the same tag for non-existent roads is useful. Currently there are tags in the map that I have no-idea why they exist. Non-existent being documented is a bonus! Evan On Monday 26 Oct 2009 03:57:04 swanilli wrote: > 2009/10/26 John Smith <[email protected]> > > > So far you are the only one suggesting non-existent is unhelpful or > > ambiguous, please explain how it is either of these things. > > A browse through the preceding 30 or so entries in this thread will show > that this is not the case. > > However, in an attempt to move this towards resolution, I have opened > another to give people the opportunity to vote on the specifics. > _______________________________________________ Talk-au mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-au
