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<div>Why you want to remove electrification=no tags?<br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">After doing this distinguishing "not electrified" and "no one checked"<br></div><div dir="auto">is impossible.<br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">(though "necessary for OpenRailwayMap" is not a good justification, some<br></div><div dir="auto">used it to map railways where absolutely no trace remains and should not<br></div><div dir="auto">be mapped in OSM. For example railway track that used to be in village,<br></div><div dir="auto">which was replaced by 30m deep open pit mine).<br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">note: tagging mailing list may be a better place for tagging questions<br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Feb 22, 2022, 22:30 by talk@openstreetmap.org:<br></div><blockquote class="tutanota_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid #93A3B8; padding-left: 10px; margin-left: 5px;"><div style="font-family:verdana, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:13px;" class=""><div><div data-setdir="false" dir="ltr">I was told by a contributor in a private message to not remove electrification=no tags on railways because they are necessary for <span>OpenRailwayMap Style to report Electrification status coloring ways based on electrification tag.</span><br></div><div data-setdir="false" dir="ltr"><br></div><div data-setdir="false" dir="ltr">What to think about that. Would it be possible simply for such Style to report as electrification=no and not electrification=unknown when this tag does not appear ?<br></div><div class=""><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 191);"><b><i> <br><span class="font" style="font-family:garamond, new york, times, serif">Pierre </span></i></b></span></div></div></div></blockquote><div dir="auto"><br></div> </body>
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