On 11/08/2015 8:07 PM, Frederik Ramm wrote:
Hi,
On 08/11/2015 07:09 AM, Russ Nelson wrote:
Now, you might think "Goddamnit, does Russell have to start again?"
Yes, I have to start again. I was in north-western Pennsylvania last
weekend looking for the Corry Junction Rail Trail. Problem: it hasn't
been entered into OSM yet. But that's not a problem, right? Because OF
COURSE the railway is there, marked as abandoned, right?
Errr... you are looking for a trail that follows an abandoned railway
line, and you complain that the abandoned railway line is missing from OSM?
If you were complaining that the trail isn't there then I'd understand,
and you'd have my full support for adding it. But complaining instead
that the abandoned railway isn't there...?
Say there is a railway line ...
OSM has it mapped
Then say the railway line becomes abandoned ...
I think OSM should retain the data and simply tag it as abandoned
Then say the abandoned railway line become a rail trail
Now OSM has the data of where the old railway line was .. and a simple
additional tag results in the addition!
I'd prefer to retain the data .. even if it is old. Untill such time as
new features are made on the ground.
Why?
Because the new features may chose to use some (if not all) properties
of the old features. And that would make the old data usefull for
entering the new data.
So, for me, I'd try to retain the data at least untill it is overwritten
by new data. The old data could be retagged abandoned:store=baker for
example. Won't be rendered but there for future use if wanted.
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