[talk-au] tagging of "demolished" roads

Warin 61sundowner at gmail.com
Tue Nov 26 22:32:26 UTC 2019


On 26/11/19 23:01, Ian Steer wrote:
>
> Nanga Rd in WA’s south west has been affected by bauxite mining and 
> has been re-routed.  I’m hesitant to simply delete the old alignment, 
> and am wondering whether there is an appropriate tag like 
> “demolished=yes” to use on it instead ?
>

If it is still visible then it should be retained on the map.

https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Lifecycle_prefix is a fair 
description of the OSM state.

I would go with either disused: or abandoned: .. very rare for remote 
roads to be actively dismantled.

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