<div dir="ltr"><div><div>... also a dismantled (or razed) railway is often mostly still "there".<br></div>Have a look at this <a href="http://ra.osmsurround.org/analyzeMap?relationId=1860446">relation</a> and follow its course on satellite photos. You will see that it is nearly completely still "there", not as railway, obviously, but as vegetation, as embankment, as bridge heads, as buildings (that now have a different use), as paths, as tracks, as roads, as foot-cycle-ways, and combinations of these features. In addition there are a few pieces still with railway rails in use.<br></div>I have provisionally tagged it as a site relation as it is, as a whole, a large structure, clearly visible, I suppose, even from the ISS.<br><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 4 January 2018 at 11:04, Martin Koppenhoefer <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:dieterdreist@gmail.com" target="_blank">dieterdreist@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><br>
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> On 3. Jan 2018, at 23:06, Warin <<a href="mailto:61sundowner@gmail.com">61sundowner@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
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> I have moved some disused:railway=* from OSM to OHM as railway=* with start and end dates .. that records what was there then, not its present state ...<br>
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</span>disused:railway is about something that is there (a disused railway element like tracks or a station), abandoned:railway is also about disused railways, but in a state of degradation (e.g. trees growing between the tracks). razed railways would typically not be mapped in osm, as they are no longer there. IIRR there is also the proposed concept of dismantled railways where the tracks are removed but it is still perceivable as former railway (e.g. embankments and tunnels, bridges). While disused and abandoned are states that are not disputed for inserting in osm (afaik), dismantled and razed are. Personally I’d accept dismantled railways as long as there is something, even if it requires additional knowledge or experience to understand that what you see is a former railway.<br>
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cheers,<br>
Martin<br>
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