On Thu, Sep 03, 2020 at 08:31:40AM -0400, Greg Troxel wrote:
"'Xavier' via OsmAnd" <osmand@googlegroups.com> writes:
The toplevel tag name "removed" is not documented in the OSM Wiki,
so that is not a proper way to "remove" a street from OpenStreetMap,
which explains why it did not disappear from OsmAnd Live.
I will not argue that it is not documented, but there is no reason for
osmand or any other renderer to decide that foo:highway is the same as
highway. Unknown tags should be ignored.
My reply to myself indicated that my first search for the key failed, I
later found the wiki page for removed:. It is at:
https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:removed:
If the street really has been removed (as in no longer exists) then
the portion of the way in OSM that corresponds to the removed street
should simply be deleted from OSM.
Arguably true, but on the other hand people with armchair mappers
re-adding things that used to exist from imagery and having a way with
a removed tag, even if ad hoc, is a clue to those people not to re-add
them.
Yes. While the Wiki page does not explicitly mention this use, the use
does make sense in regards to items, such as streets, that will remain
visible in imagery for quite some time before disappearing.
Regardless, OsmAnd appears incorrect here; it should have a reasoable
response to non-standard tagging
The history on the key:removed page dates back to 2013, so yes,
OsmAnd's map creation code should detect this key.
In which case the OP should file a bug report on the OsmAnd issues
tracker here: https://github.com/osmandapp/OsmAnd/issues
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