On 15/08/2015 7:19 PM, Volker Schmidt wrote:
I would like to argue for a general
do-not-remove-if-you-do-not-have-the-original-mapper's-ok-beforehand
policy for these and similar cases.
I have myself mapped a couple of abandoned railways where the remains
were often no longer recognizable individually as traces of a former
railway, but as a whole, in particular in satellite photos it is
clearly visible. This includes roads, paths, and vegetation strips
that mark the former track, and former railway buildings.
In my case the specific interest is to keep the memory of these former
railway routes alive with the scope to have documentation ready to
argue for the (partial) re-utilization as bicycle routes.
Two other types of routes, not railway-related, also spring to mind:
Historic Route 66 (which is actually being recreated as an official
USBRS route for cycle tourists, trying to follow as much as possible
the original roads).
Unfortunately there are many people interested in old Route 66 ...
Tours from Australia have been done .. and I think that is now a yearly
event where a group of Australian tourist go over, hire a car (each or
in pairs) and travel as much of Route 66 as possible .. with a guide or
two.
Another example where historic roads have traditional appeared on maps
are the Roman Roads on UK Ordnance Survey maps.
There are remnants of old Highway 1 in Australia ... not much interest
in them. Some bits are handy for camping on.
I wonder if the old Ghan Railway line is tagged in OSM? It is a tourist
attraction. ,,, checking...
Yes it is there, and can be seen on the bing sat photos.
Tagged as 'disused' rather than abandoned. It is both!
But at least some it it remains - bridges over rivers (when they run),
some stations with water tanks for the steam locomotives.
One of the bridges I'm looking at .. does not have the river tagged!
Shows how often it runs, and the importance of the old railway line.
I'll just go and tag that bit of the river now.
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