On 12 Aug 2009, at 12:55, Greg Troxel wrote: > > Alex Mauer <ha...@hawkesnest.net> writes: > >> On 08/11/2009 06:10 AM, Greg Troxel wrote: >> >>> But, is "abandoned" really in use in other countries to mean what >>> in the >>> US we call "old railroad grade"? (Here I am taking USGS norms to be >>> established practice in the US.) >> >> Probably not; however, it is accepted practice in OSM. As you say, >> someone with more familiarity with railroad procedures and how they >> differ between the US and elsewhere might be able to answer that. > > I think one of the bugs in OSM is failure to follow established > practice. But that's not worth worrying about in this case.
Do please join the 'talk-transit' list where we would love to talk about tagging public transport related stuff and where I often push for OSM to "follow established practice'. Talk-transit is *the* list where we can get a lot of these issues resolved in an internationally consistent way. http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-transit Do also check out the public transport section of the wiki which is developing fast at present. more help would be appreciated. Here is the new public_transport wiki page with links to all the main transport modes. http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Public_transport And here is the category for public transport:- http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Category:Public_transport Regards, Peter Miller ITO World _______________________________________________ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us
