[talk-au] Talk-au Digest, Vol 89, Issue 2 - Railways (Marc Gemis)

[NeyFamily]

Hi Marc,

In the Mackay area, North Queensland, we are a variety of railways particularly to the west of the city.  There is the main North Coast Railway, tag as normal for a fully operational railway, than there is railway=disused.  Tracks are still there but no longer used heading directly west of city, tagged railway=disused, we also have railway=narrow_guage for cane lines to ensure differentiation between heavy and light loco's.  Further west, there is clear evidence of the original track beds and bridges (no tracks) still in place, but now party absorbed into private property.  I have not plotted any of these beds because its possibly just superfluous now, as it will never be reinstated.

Is this the sort of rendering, tagging that may be useful?  Username: Mackay Mapper  (I am mapping exclusively in central and northern queensland, as I operate across a large area as part of my job and do most mapping by survey methods)



Kind Regards,

Tim Ney
Senior Surveyor

Mobile 0448095589

 

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Date: Thu, 27 Nov 2014 19:52:18 +1100
From: Leon Kernan <lkernan at gmail.com>
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Hi all,
I've recently noticed a tenancy for people to tag railways as disused, even when all traces have been gone for decades.
This is probably because railway=abandoned has been removed from the rendering on openstreetmap.org (to try and stop people tagging abandoned
railways..)

Just a reminder to all that railway=abandoned is still the correct tag for a track that doesn't exist anymore.
railway=disused is only for tracks that are still in place and able to be used (at least in theory).

Has anyone seen a site that renders historical or current railway lines so I can direct people there to see their work rendered?
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Date: Thu, 27 Nov 2014 11:17:15 +0100
From: Marc Gemis <marc.gemis at gmail.com>
To: Leon Kernan <lkernan at gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: [talk-au] Railways
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According to  the legend of http://www.openrailwaymap.org/ , both disused and abandoned railways are a rendered (in different styles)

regards

m

On Thu, Nov 27, 2014 at 9:52 AM, Leon Kernan <lkernan at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi all,
> I've recently noticed a tenancy for people to tag railways as disused, 
> even when all traces have been gone for decades.
> This is probably because railway=abandoned has been removed from the 
> rendering on openstreetmap.org (to try and stop people tagging 
> abandoned
> railways..)
>
> Just a reminder to all that railway=abandoned is still the correct tag 
> for a track that doesn't exist anymore.
> railway=disused is only for tracks that are still in place and able to 
> be used (at least in theory).
>
> Has anyone seen a site that renders historical or current railway 
> lines so I can direct people there to see their work rendered?
>
>
>
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