Mike N writes: > I have deleted some local railway=abandoned ways that were long since > buried by buildings or the entire landscape bulldozed down, but found > that they 'grew back'. So my compromise is to set them as > railway=dismantled. Thus they are a true OSM historical feature.
Exactly. Correct tagging every time. > I think most people agree however that OSM cannot realistically > support an unlimited set of historical items in the current database - > they would make editing current physical items very confusing. Filters are your friend. That's why they exist. I hate seeing borders, so I filter them out. I don't delete them. Filters are our version of layering. -- --my blog is at http://blog.russnelson.com Crynwr supports open source software 521 Pleasant Valley Rd. | +1 315-600-8815 Potsdam, NY 13676-3213 | Sheepdog _______________________________________________ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
