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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 2/6/20 9:44 pm, Paul Allen wrote:<br>
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<div dir="ltr">On Tue, 2 Jun 2020 at 12:23, Volker Schmidt <<a
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the examples you find in OSM are few and in all cases I
know the completely erased bits are a tiny part of the
overall ex-railway.<br>
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<div>There are three ex-railways in my area (possibly more).
Even though the</div>
<div> rail part of those railways has mostly been removed, the
way part of those</div>
<div> railways is still mostly in evidence. Apart from
embankments, cuttings, bridges</div>
<div> and tunnels there are the green corridors - either
tree-lined hedges or trails cut</div>
<div> through woods. Some sections have been repurposed as
footpaths and/or cycle</div>
<div> paths. A few short sections have been resurrected as
heritage railways. The places</div>
<div> where all traces have been removed and build over are
very few and far between.</div>
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<div>I could delete those tiny sections of ex-railway that
somebody spent time</div>
<div>mapping, but then it loses the coherence that aids
understanding (unless I</div>
<div>shove the pieces into some sort of relation).</div>
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<div>I understand the perspective of the purists, and one day
a purist may come</div>
<div> along and remove sections where all traces have gone.
But I have other things</div>
<div> I could be mapping so I won't bother doing it myself.</div>
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<div>Paul</div>
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<p>Here is an entry by some one who thinks it should be in OSM ...</p>
<p>Way: former Ballarat - Buninyong line (802945247)<br>
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"name"="former Ballarat - Buninyong line"<br>
"embankment"="yes"<br>
"railway"="razed"<br>
"ruined:railway"="rail"</p>
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<p>If you look you will see that this 'embankment' does not EXIST
... there are two car parks over it that show no sign of any
embankment. There is a building over it ... roads ... it does not
exist. <br>
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<p>Yet the person 'maps' it. <br>
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<p>Note I put it into OHM some 2 years ago and removed it from OSM.
Should I report them to DWG? <br>
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