stevea wrote: > I'm beginning to channel California rail, especially mainline, > branch, naming operators and owners and having routes be well > established as relations. > > I use openrailwaymap.org to do this. The USA could use some, ahem, > tuning up. Much work ahead. >
So, that's you? I've spent the past year-plus remapping rail lines in the Central Valley. Right now, I'm finishing up the BNSF Mojave Subdivision towards Barstow. A few tips: * Please use the subdivision name where available. Using the railroad as the name is redundant when the operator tag is set. I use the CPUC rail crossing data [1] to find subdivision names. * I'm in the process of retracing most of the current and abandoned lines in the San Joaquin Valley south of Stockton. Especially on the BNSF line, don't waste your time. * The way I see it, passenger lines are not automatically usage=main. But I don't know of any passenger lines in California, except the Sprinter in North SD County, that couldn't be seen as main lines. I generally use 7 tags: railway=rail, operator=, old_railway_operator=, name=, usage=, electrified=, and gauge=. I still use old-fashioned (according to OpenRailwayMap) route=railway relations for the tracks. I don't think the relations are rendered, but I'm not completely sure. But I keep the IDs in the org-mode files I use to manage my work, so I could always switch the tag out if needed. Overall, this is much needed work. Thanks for helping the rail quality in California! Alexander [1] http://www.cpuc.ca.gov/PUC/safety/Rail/Crossings/crossinginventory.htm _______________________________________________ Talk-us mailing list [email protected] https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us
