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A number of potentially problematical edits to railways have been
made in the Manchester and Leeds areas over the last day or so.
It's by a new mapper who seems to be still feeling their way a bit
and people local to those areas might want to check some of their
edits.<br>
<br>
For example in Leeds <br>
<br>
<a href="http://www.openstreetmap.org/browse/way/115570238/history">http://www.openstreetmap.org/browse/way/115570238/history</a><br>
seems to have been replaced by<br>
<a href="http://www.openstreetmap.org/browse/way/244276591">http://www.openstreetmap.org/browse/way/244276591</a><br>
on a slightly different alignment.<br>
<br>
I can't comment on the alignment but the previous tagging seems more
correct to me (that bit is definitely layer=1).<br>
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A number of their other edits seem to be removing abandoned
railways. Notwithstanding the "if it's not a railway it shouldn't
be on the map" argument, here's what looks to me from the imagery
like a former railway bridge that is clearly visible in the Bing
imagery:<br>
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<a href="http://www.openstreetmap.org/browse/way/115567727/history">
http://www.openstreetmap.org/browse/way/115567727/history</a><br>
<a href="http://www.openstreetmap.org/edit#map=18/53.79432/-1.55853">
http://www.openstreetmap.org/edit#map=18/53.79432/-1.55853</a><br>
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Part of the M621 apparently now interescts with a railway:<br>
<a href="http://www.openstreetmap.org/browse/way/27440397">http://www.openstreetmap.org/browse/way/27440397</a><br>
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They're a new mapper and I'm sure that all their edits have been
made with the best of intentions, but if you've made edits to
railways and in the vicinity of railways in the Leeds or Manchester
areas you might want to check their current state. I did mention
this to the DWG today (after an OSM message from me to the mapper
concerned didn't seem to communicate the collaborative nature of the
project), but since then they've popped up on IRC and a member of
the DWG have replied suggesting that they'd prefer a community-led
reponse to what's happened.<br>
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Cheers,<br>
<br>
Andy<br>
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