This means that the separate track should be removed for the 3 cases I
listed, or not ?


On Sun, Apr 14, 2013 at 2:31 PM, André Pirard <a.pirard.pa...@gmail.com>wrote:

>  On 2013-04-13 23:02, Marc Gemis wrote :
>
> ...
>
> So why two lines for an abandoned railway and the cycleway/footway on it ?
> Can't they be combined ?
>
>
> What to do is explained in the OSM wiki at ... 
> Railways<http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Railways>
>
> Abandoned - The track has been removed and the line may have been reused
> or left to decay but is still clearly visible, either from the replacement
> infrastructure, or purely from a line of trees around an original cutting
> or embankment. Use railway<http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:railway>
> =abandoned <http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:railway%3Dabandoned>.
> Where it has been reused as a cycle path then add 
> highway<http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:highway>
> =cycleway <http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:highway%3Dcycleway>.
> Consider adding a end_date<http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:end_date>
> =* tag or more specifically a 
> railway:end_date<http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/w/index.php?title=Key:railway:end_date&action=edit&redlink=1>
> =* tag.
>
> It applies even if it now looks like a cycleway or anything but if you can
> still clearly see where the railway has been.  If Mapnik, Garmin or other
> doesn't display or use that correctly, they say that you must file a
> renderer bug.
>
> Cheers,
>
>   André.
>
>
>
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