On Tue, 08 Sep 2015 00:49:48 +0100 "Dave F." <dave...@madasafish.com> wrote:
> On 08/09/2015 00:07, Lester Caine wrote: > > On 07/09/15 23:16, Dave F. wrote: > >> I'm not sure there's been a discussion as you've mostly ignored the > >> basic comment made - it it's deleted in the real world it gets > >> deleted in OSM. > > If there is still a trace of anything related to something being > > deleted ... it gets it's tags modified. You only remove it > > completely when/if it is replaced by an alternate structure. A > > forest may well get felled for timber, become open land until a new > > crop is finally established. Just as in some cases tracks have been > > lifted on a viaduct or cutting but the railway use for that land is > > still documented. > > I don't believe anyone's advocating the removal of existing entities. > In your viaduct case above, keep the viaduct entity, remove the > railway=abandoned tag, use the historical tag to describe the past of > the viaduct (which exists) but don't use it to describe the railway > (which doesn't). Note that it is not necessary to use "historical tag" for existing viaduct. man_made=bridge seems to fit well. _______________________________________________ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
