Hi. The definition of railway=abandoned does include places where the track and infrastructure have been removed. http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Railway#Explanation_of_railway.3Dabandoned
I guess over time, what was once a railway may become something else though. - Ben. On 16 October 2011 00:02, Leon Kernan <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi all, > I've got a question regarding mapping objects that there is no longer any > trace of. > > In this case, i'm referring to a section of rail line, showing on the map > tagged as abandoned. > That in itself isn't a problem, if the track bed was still there i would > say that it was absolutely correct. > > In this case however, the the rail line was removed almost 30 years ago and > today it's completely built over with no trace of this section of track > anywhere. > The section in question is: > http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=-38.22525&lon=145.04587&zoom=16&layers=M > > I guess i'm asking, do we map objects only as they are on the ground today, > or is it ok to include things in the data that no longer exist but once did? > > Leon > >
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