Good to see you here, Nathan. Saikrishna Arcot
On Sun 10 Nov 2013 04:30:03 PM EST, nathan proudfoot wrote: > Hello got some questions about Railroads, > I have a passion for the preservation of railroads and the maps > surrounding them. I both update current map data with a line per each > track. Track is in most cases two rails attached by a sleeper or tie. > I have over 10,000 edits over on GMM and under 4,000 with OSM. > > I am mostly coming to ask about historic railroads and how to map them. > In my area we have lots of rail trails, these trails mostly have been > mapped by > bicycle=yes > foot=yes > highway=cycleway > horse=yes > name=John Wayne Pioneer Trail > note=railway=abandoned indicates a rail-trail > old_railway_operator=Milwaukee > railway=abandoned > Ect...... > > Is this the way that we should be mapping these as there are historic > attributes. > For instance we could add. > historic=ruins > ruins=railroad > > or we could remove railway=abandoned > but in this case the railroad is rail banked and could be brought out > of abandoned status. > > We have other routes in the state that are not rail banked and are > historic and are not seen as abandoned. > > Best Regards, > Nathan Proudfoot > email: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > > > _______________________________________________ > Talk-us mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us _______________________________________________ Talk-us mailing list [email protected] https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us
