[talk-au] How to tag "Rail Trails"?

[Andrew Loughhead]

James Andrewartha wrote:
> On Fri, 2007-11-30 at 16:45 +1100, Michael Lenser wrote:
>   
>> Has anyone mapped any "Rail Trails" yet and how did you tag them?
>>
>> Do I tag it:
>>
>>    railway=rail
>>    bicycle=yes
>>    foot=yes
>>    horse=yes
>>    motorcar=no
>>    motorcycle=no
>>    name=Boolarra Mirboo North Rail Trail
>>
>> Or is there some other method for abandoned/demolished railways? I  
>> could just tag is as highway=track with the access restrictions I guess?
>>     
>
> The wiki [1] says for railway=abandoned: "The course of a former railway
> which has been abandoned and the track and infrastucture removed.
> Designation not to be used if the feature has been turned into another
> use, eg cycleway." So on that basis there shouldn't be a railway tag,
> just a highway=footway or highway=cycleway.
>   
Perhaps "historic=abandoned railway" or similar would be appropriate, in 
addition of course to the highway tags as you say?

cheers
Andrew.