On Tue, Aug 11, 2015 at 12:07:05PM +0200, Frederik Ramm wrote: > Hi, > > On 08/11/2015 07:09 AM, Russ Nelson wrote: > > Now, you might think "Goddamnit, does Russell have to start again?" > > Yes, I have to start again. I was in north-western Pennsylvania last > > weekend looking for the Corry Junction Rail Trail. Problem: it hasn't > > been entered into OSM yet. But that's not a problem, right? Because OF > > COURSE the railway is there, marked as abandoned, right? > > Errr... you are looking for a trail that follows an abandoned railway > line, and you complain that the abandoned railway line is missing from OSM? > > If you were complaining that the trail isn't there then I'd understand, > and you'd have my full support for adding it. But complaining instead > that the abandoned railway isn't there...?
the fact there is an abandoned railway and not only a now-trail is important information. These can be used almost as elevation lines and if there is now a trail/track/path in place of the railway me and all bicycle routing software should certainly be very interested to know it is a former railway. Especially as many railways come with more or less dense key:ele tagging they are much more reliable to derive height profile information than any other data we have. Richard _______________________________________________ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
