[Tagging] Difference between man_made=mineshaft (disused=yes) and historic=mine_shaft?

ael witwall3 at disroot.org
Sat Aug 20 09:31:27 UTC 2022


On Sat, Aug 20, 2022 at 09:48:08AM +0100, Andy Townsend wrote:
> On 19/08/2022 19:42, Tijmen Stam (Mailinglists) wrote:
> > man_made=mineshaft + disused=yes
> > 
> Somewhat related to this question is the difference between
> "man_made=mineshaft; disused=yes" and "disused:man_made=mineshaft" here. 
> The wiki page does mention it at
> https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:man_made%3Dmineshaft .
> 
> Normally a tag of "key=value" with "disused=yes" would be a pretty bad idea,
> since people looking for a "key=value"would be disappointed when they find a
> disused example, but a disused mineshaft might still be a physical hole in
> the ground that people probably want to avoid falling down, so "disused=yes"
> could make sense here.

Very relevant to Cornwall where there are many such, some of which are
downright dangerous. I have mapped several. I can't remember whether
I also added a hazard tag, but that seems very relevant, but underused.

ael



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