[Tagging] [OSM-talk] Should we map things that do not exist?

[Marc Gemis]

On Thu, Dec 31, 2020 at 7:13 PM Stefan Tauner <stefan.tauner at gmx.at> wrote:

>
> However, I am not convinced that a completely razed railway has to be
> tagged as such. Why would that be the case? If things are removed from
> the world we delete them as well usually. Are there other man-made
> features with long-lasting effects that get demolished (without
> replacement)? (How) Do they get mapped? I have no example but I would
> presume such things exist (that are not historic) like industrial
> plants, mines etc. It might be more advantageous to improve tags that
> describe the remaining effects than mapping non-existent things.
>
>
This park
https://www.openstreetmap.org/search?query=de%20schorre#map=15/51.0877/4.3916
is an abandoned quarry. AFAIK, there are no tags referring to its previous
life as a quarry for clay.
On this Mapillary photo
https://www.mapillary.com/app/?lat=51.0911145&lng=4.385478299972223&z=17&focus=photo&menu=false&pKey=VTDOc6u8vKWb7y5QohG6oA,
you can see the impact on the terrain.


regards

m.
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