Mateusz Konieczny writes: > And "abandoned railway" that was not noticed by somebody in his/her > own back yard seems to be a good example of object that should not be > mapped in OSM.
Oh, and he didn't notice the railroad bridge about 90m east of his property either. This bridge: https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/240308433 Nor the right-of-way underneath the NYS Thruway. This right-of-way (which pre-existed the trail): https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/237524740 . Nor the bridge remains on the west side (which I didn't put into OSM, but they're there). You can read the Wikipedia page for the railroad -- it will tell you more than you ever wanted to know about why the railroad right-of-way under the Thruway was destroyed. All of those should have been clues to the homeowner. They are *certainly* verifiable evidence of an abandoned railroad right-of-way. Why do you persist? You can't win, because you're wrong. I know far, far more about abandoned railroads than you do, and I can provide as many examples of the verifiability of abandoned railroads as it will take to convince you. Assuming that facts will actually change your mind. Of which I am in doubt at this point. -- --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