Hi all, I've been working on some old train lines and stations, mostly around Victoria, and have finally settled on a tagging scheme, based on what's popular in taginfo. The current tagging has been pretty inconsistent, with lots of variations like "railway=station, disused=yes", "railway=station, name=Foo (former)", "railway:historic=station", "historic:railway=station", "building=station"...
Thought I'd check whether anyone has any comments/disagreements: Active stations (whether tourist, regional, commuter or freight): railway=station Disused/abandoned stations, with buildings present: railway:historic=station Abandoned, former station site, no buildings, little to see: railway:historic=station_site In all cases, the name of the station object should just be, eg, "Thompson". Not: "Thompson (former)" Not: "Thompson (disused)" Not: "Thompson Railway Station" In addition, a station building may be tagged as: building=station (But one of the above should also be present - either on the building polygon or not.) Active rail (commuter, freight, regional): railway=rail Tourist rail railway=preserved Disused, but tracks still present and conceivably services could return: railway=disused Tracks removed, or state is pretty far gone. railway=abandoned Thoughts? To see where we're at, I've done a quick replica of this well known rail map of Victoria: http://i.imgur.com/ohXHwsk.png http://emscycletours.site44.com/rail.html Steve _______________________________________________ Talk-au mailing list Talk-au@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-au
