For what it's worth, I'm in favour of tagging dismantled railways as railway=dismantled
Even if it does pass through newly built buildings. Polyglot 2015-08-25 9:52 GMT+02:00 Paul Johnson <ba...@ursamundi.org>: > On Sat, Aug 22, 2015 at 6:09 PM, moltonel 3x Combo <molto...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> On 22/08/2015, John Eldredge <j...@jfeldredge.com> wrote: >> > So, if you are looking for a route without steep grades, a former >> > railway is a natural choice. >> >> Do people actually do this ? > > > Yes, I do. > > >> It sounds like a strawman argument to me. >> I do a fair bit of walking and cycling, and when planing a trip I look >> at the global topographic data but it never occured to me to look for >> railroads. Why use the local railroad hint when you've got the global >> DEM data ? > > > DEM is great for showing large differences in elevation, but it tends to > suffer a bit when it comes to subtle cues. Compare > http://www.openstreetmap.org/way/14953012 , > http://www.openstreetmap.org/way/14939296 , > http://www.openstreetmap.org/way/199770540 , and > http://www.openstreetmap.org/way/14943691 to the roughly parallel highway > OK 11. These segments are likely (but not yet formally proposed) to be an > extension of the Osage Prairie Trail, closing the gap from metro Tulsa to > the capitol of the Osage Nation and a yet to be determined distance farther > north along the former railroad. That grade, just from standard railroad > engineering practices, is unlikely to be steeper than 2% for any > significant distance and extremely unlikely to be steeper than 4%. OK 11, > however, is a rollercoaster of a highway with many steep grades, some of > which are easily past 8%. The DEM really glosses over this thanks to Tulsa > and Pawhuska only being about 100 feet difference in elevation. The > intervening terrain is pocked with rolling hills and cliffs formed from > erosion, with the highest point on the highway being about 1000 feet. > > _______________________________________________ > talk mailing list > talk@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk > >
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