Shaun McDonald wrote: > > On 25 Apr 2010, at 07:57, Lester Caine wrote: > >> >>> If a footpath gets moved do you think I should still show a way& mark >>> it as 'this is where it used to go'? >> 'closed=2007' makes perfect sense to me. People then coming back to an area >> that >> they walked 30 years ago would then see why they can't follow the same route >> today? > > Please don't use modifiers to state that a path/pub/whatever is no longer > there. You can use a modifier for permissions, i.e. some people can use it, > but not all. If a footway has closed use highway=old_footway or > highway=disused_footway. For a pub or any amenity that is not longer open or > there, use old_amenity=pub. That way no one will still think it is still open > and it is backwards compatible with all software that currently uses the osm > data.
This is my exact point Shaun We NEED a standard method of adding historic information RATHER than changing the very data we are trying to preserve !!! -- Lester Caine - G8HFL ----------------------------- Contact - http://lsces.co.uk/wiki/?page=contact L.S.Caine Electronic Services - http://lsces.co.uk EnquirySolve - http://enquirysolve.com/ Model Engineers Digital Workshop - http://medw.co.uk// Firebird - http://www.firebirdsql.org/index.php _______________________________________________ Talk-GB mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb
