Re: [OSM-talk] Buildings on abandoned railways (via Overpass) (was: Re: THIS is the kind of enthusiasm some would reject)
In the case of Nashville, Tennessee, an Interstate bypass, I-440, that loops about one-third of the way around the city core, deliberately made use of a no-longer-used railway right-of-way to reduce land purchase costs. If anyone were to go back and map that railroad now, the entire route would overlap the motorway. -- John F. Eldredge -- j...@jfeldredge.com "Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that." -- Martin Luther King, Jr. On September 13, 2015 7:59:54 AM Martin Koppenhoefer wrote: sent from a phone Am 13.09.2015 um 10:00 schrieb mmd : out of curiosity I was wondering a bit, if there are lots of abandoned railways with plenty of buildings in the way, i.e. is this really a widespread issue? I would expect more dismantled railways to be built over than abandoned rails. It still happens, e.g. in the city centre of Stuttgart, Germany, around 100 hectares of rail are currently covered with buildings: https://de.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rahmenplan_Stuttgart_21 cheers Martin ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
Re: [OSM-talk] Buildings on abandoned railways (via Overpass) (was: Re: THIS is the kind of enthusiasm some would reject)
sent from a phone > Am 13.09.2015 um 10:00 schrieb mmd : > > out of curiosity I was wondering a bit, if there are lots of abandoned > railways with plenty of buildings in the way, i.e. is this really a > widespread issue? I would expect more dismantled railways to be built over than abandoned rails. It still happens, e.g. in the city centre of Stuttgart, Germany, around 100 hectares of rail are currently covered with buildings: https://de.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rahmenplan_Stuttgart_21 cheers Martin ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
[OSM-talk] Buildings on abandoned railways (via Overpass) (was: Re: THIS is the kind of enthusiasm some would reject)
Hi, Am 13.09.2015 um 00:47 schrieb Jo: > > I also tried not to comment, but I'm in that same camp. There is really > no harm in having abandoned and even raised railways, unless buildings > are constructed over them. > out of curiosity I was wondering a bit, if there are lots of abandoned railways with plenty of buildings in the way, i.e. is this really a widespread issue? I put up an Overpass query to get some insights for my area. It turned out to be only a few buildings, which I can happily ignore. Not sure about those cases, where they cross a motorway, though... See for yourself in your area: http://overpass-turbo.eu/s/bpP Rather than looking at the whole planet at once, I'd recommend to start out with a somewhat smaller bbox. This query runs on a Overpass Lab preview (read: beta) version with some real hard disks underneath. So be prepared for some potential issues here and there ;) Kind regards, mmd ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk