How about using "destroyed" or perhaps "levelled"? A logical name would be "historic", but I think using that would be dangerous as it might get confused with a preserved/tourist railway. ------------------------------------------ David
On 27 July 2010 15:56, Heiko Jacobs <heiko.jac...@gmx.de> wrote: > Hello > > For tagging the status of rail infrastructure there are in use: > > - proposed or planned for rails not yet existing > - construction > - ... (nothing for rails in use) > - disused for existing rails not in use anymore > - abandoned (or sometimes dismantled) for rails not existing anymore, but > "traces" already exist (gravel, embankments, cuttings, sometimes old > rails crossing a way, ...) > > ... using to alternative taggings: > - railway=abandoned / abandoned=tram or > - railway=tram abandoned=yes > > Sometimes the "traces" of a railway are very "virtual": > - One or two streets/ways may follow the old railway and the railway > declares why the ways have this position > - the edges of parcels of land may follow old railways > - scrub follows the old railway > - ... > using abandoned may be beyond the scope of the definition of abandoned ... > > Sometimes no trace exist anymore > - because the whole area is covered by a new urban quarter where streets > don't follow old railways ... > - farmland has occupied the old railway > - surface mining > - ... > > using abandoned then, rendered in Mapnik slippy map and osmarender, this > will > disturb the map from view of the not railway-historical interested ones ;-) > > So I just searching for a suitable word for tagging traceless dissappeard > railways ... > > A "disturbed local community" ;-) proposed two words > - historic, but this collides with existing historic tagging > - ancient, but this sounds "very, very old", old greeks and romans ... ;-) > And both are not suitable to the existing scheme > planned-construction-...-disused-abandoned > which are independent from their age. > An railway may be abandoned 2 weeks or 100 years ago ... > > So this words don't satisfy me ... > I'm searching something like "traceless", "virtual", > "very, really very abandoned", ... > > Does anybody has an idea? > > Mueck > > > _______________________________________________ > Talk-transit mailing list > Talk-transit@openstreetmap.org > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-transit >
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