[Talk-GB] Please don't edit Dawlish

Jonathan bigfatfrog67 at gmail.com
Thu Feb 6 12:11:28 UTC 2014


I agree.

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On 06/02/2014 09:57, Jonathan Bennett wrote:
> Based on the Somerset Levels thread, I've realised someone will 
> probably try to edit the railway line, station and other bits of 
> Dawlish based on the storm damage.
>
> Please don't.
>
> Apart from the temporary nature of the damage (Network Rail are 
> predicting a few weeks to fix the line) there's no practical advantage 
> to be gained from taking the damaged section of rail off the map. It's 
> not like rail travellers will try to get a train along the line unless 
> they see a gap in OSM.
>
> If the damage turns out to be longer term than we're expecting then we 
> can have another conversation about how to map it, but until then it 
> would seem premature to start removing features from the map.
>
> J.
>
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