On 25/5/20 2:37 pm, Jack Armstrong wrote:
Greetings.
Recently, a user mapped “razed” railways inside a construction zone
(link below). These rails had been removed by our local mappers since
they don’t exist anymore. Using the latest imagery (Maxar), you can
see the rails have been completely removed from “Project 70”, a $1.2
billion Denver-area transportation corridor construction project.
I think this mapper has good intentions, but what is the point of
mapping something that does not exist? Doesn’t this clearly contradict
the OSM Good Practice wiki in regards the sections, “Verifiability”,
“Map what's on the ground” and “Don't map historic events and historic
features”? The last section states, "*Do not map objects if they do
not exist currently*."
Should we tag (invisible) razed sidewalks? Should we leave (invisible)
destroyed buildings in place, tag them as razed and then create new
buildings on top of them?
https://www.openstreetmap.org/edit#map=19/39.78016/-104.94562
Advise them to enter the historic railway into OHM ... or any historic
object for that matter. This satisfies them that the object is mapped
and frees OSM from it.
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