On Mon, Jan 10, 2011 at 11:24:27AM -0500, Richard Weait wrote: > On Mon, Jan 10, 2011 at 11:11 AM, Kristian M Zoerhoff > <kristian.zoerh...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi, all. > > > > I've been working on adding some abandoned railway lines in my area, and > > I've been wondering how to group them together. The line I'm working on > > right now (the former Elgin & Belvidere Electric Co. line) has been re-used > > in some areas as public streets, bike paths, service roads, and even a > > railway museum, so I've had to break the line into quite a few ways. I'd > > like to group them back together with a relation, but I'm not sure if > > anyone's done this for an abandoned railway line, or if this is even the > > right thing to do. My plan was to create a new relation like so: > > > > type = route > > route = train > > operator = Elgin & Belvidere Electric Co. > > abandoned = yes > > > > It's that last tag I'm unsure of. Is abandoned = yes allowed/understood in > > relations? > > Dear Kristian, > > It is most likely that no relation is required to group them together. > > http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Relations/Relations_are_not_Categories
I've seen that, but I guess I don't understand the implication here. I'm trying to group ways that I split, so that I can show them together on a single map link. > Regarding "abandoned" see, > > http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Railway#Explanation_of_railway.3Dabandoned I've seen and used that for the actual ways, but I wasn't sure if I would also need it on a relation or not. -- Kristian Zoerhoff kristian.zoerh...@gmail.com _______________________________________________ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us