>> > Changing a tag from railway=abandoned to railway=dismantled just to stop > it rendering is one of the no-nos in OSM: tagging for the renderer. It > would be much better to tag the line correctly and fix the renderer so > they don't render on the Mapnik map. Then a railway map or historic map > could render it properly. > > Cheers, Chris
No, this is not tagging for renderer and I think it is perfectly correct. Abandoned and dismantled railway are two different things in reality and therefore they should be tagged differently. railway=abandoned is course of old railway physically present and more or less clearly visible in landscape. This should be rendered on general purpose OSM map just like buildings, highways, amenities etc. just because it exists and could be used for orientation and navigation. railway=dismantled is "virtual" feature saying that there were railway in this place one day, but it is gone now. It should not be rendered on general purpose map, because it no longer exists in reality. It may be rendered on special historic maps. Tomas _______________________________________________ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
