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<div><br></div><div>(1) sorry for an empty email send earlier<br></div><div><br></div><div>(2) we have plenty of things that should not be added<br></div><div><a href="https://taginfo.openstreetmap.org/keys/mapper">https://taginfo.openstreetmap.org/keys/mapper</a> - single paid<br></div><div> mapping group produced 800 000+ instances of an unwanted tag<br></div><div>(they promised recently to fix it)<br></div><div><br></div><div>(3) sometimes this tags are used to describe still existing remains<br></div><div>that is OK, though I would tag it differently<br></div><div>(map existing embankment rather that railway that used to<br></div><div>be located on still existing embankment)<br></div><div><br></div><div>(4) Wiki documents used tags, not just desirable ones<br></div><div>In some cases it documents tags as a very bad idea.<br></div><div><br></div><div>(5) Some people thought/think that mapping completely<br></div><div>gone objects in OSM is OK. AFAIK they used to be more<br></div><div>prominent in the past.<br></div><div><br></div><div>May 27, 2020, 01:40 by talk@openstreetmap.org:<br></div><blockquote class="tutanota_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid #93A3B8; padding-left: 10px; margin-left: 5px;"><div><div>then why are there tags ?<br></div><div> <br></div><div><a href="https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Demolished_Railway" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Demolished_Railway</a><br></div><div> <br></div><div>and if the platform posts are still there ?<br></div><div> <br></div><blockquote style="border-left:1px solid #0857A6; margin:10px; padding:0 0 0 10px;"><div>Tuesday, May 26, 2020 4:52 PM -05:00 from Jack Armstrong <jacknstacy@sprynet.com>:<br></div><div> <br></div><div id=""><div class=""><div><div id="style_15905299721156924367_BODY"><div class=""><div style="color:#000000; font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:13px"><div>Thanks. I'll try that.<br></div><div> <br></div><blockquote style="padding-left: 5px;margin-left: 0px;border-left: #0000ff 2px solid;font-weight: normal;font-style: normal;text-decoration: none;font-size: 10pt;font-family: arial,sans-serif;color: black;"><div>From: Warin <<a href="javascript:void(0)">61sundowner@gmail.com</a>><br></div><p> <br></p><p>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.<br></p></blockquote><div> <br></div><div style="color:black; font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:10pt; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none" id="elnk_signature_1590529744667_mr_css_attr"> <br></div><div><br></div></div></div></div><div><div>_______________________________________________<br></div><div>talk mailing list<br></div><div><a href="javascript:void(0)">talk@openstreetmap.org</a><br></div><div><a target="_blank" href="https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk</a><br></div></div></div></div></div></blockquote><div> <br></div><div> <br></div><div data-signature-widget="container"><div data-signature-widget="content"><div> <br></div></div></div><div> <br></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div> </body>
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