2015-09-15 12:02 GMT+02:00 moltonel 3x Combo <molto...@gmail.com>: > I don't understand how a feature can be both "dismantled till the end > of time" and "in the present". >
this depends on the tags you use to describe it. If you say it is a not being any more thing, it will likely remain like this. If you say it used to be a thing until date, then it is the a=foo, end_date=date tagging style. > The only state that you can keep > forever is the state of not being. To me, "dismantled" as used in OSM > rails is a much stronger definition than "dismantled legos", it is a > synonym for "fully gone". > I agree. > Saying that something is "fully gone in the > present" is a roundabout way of saying that it is in the past. > yes, but still that's two different ways of saying it, the same as with tagging. Cheers, Martin
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