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<p>On 2020-05-25 07:03, Joseph Eisenberg wrote:</p>
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<div dir="ltr">This was originally sent to the Talk mailing list, but it is better if it is discussed on the Tagging mailing list: <a href="https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging</a>
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<div>I agree that razed, completely demolished railways, where all traces of the former track-bed have been removed, should be removed from OpenStreetMap.</div>
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<div>It is still considered acceptable to map abandoned railways, where the old railway grade remains, even though the metal rails have been removed. </div>
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<div>However, note that there are some people who are very committed to mapping historical and abandoned railways, so there may be resistance to removing these features.</div>
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<p>1. Live and let live - OSM has always been a broad church. It might not be your hobby, but it is their's. The bar to actively deleting other people's work should be set very high indeed.</p>
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<p>2. In the present, it IS a former trackbed, even if you can't see it. In the past it was an active rail line.</p>
<p>3. In terms of database bloat, abandoned/razed rails have a completely insignificant impact.</p>
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<p>4. Downstream consumers/renderers have always been able to ignore things as they see fit, they can quite easily ignore razed tracks as well.</p>
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