[Talk-us] railway=abandoned and mapping things that are not there any more?

[Mike N]

On 7/12/2012 3:10 PM, Greg Troxel wrote:
> So let's spiff up the render, not lose the info from the db.

   At some point, historical railways are just like general historical 
items in OSM: after years of buildings are built, demolished, and roads 
rerouted, editing becomes impossible due to clutter.

   Try to explain to a newbie who is mapping a new park or shopping 
center that he must carefully work around and not disturb all those 
abandoned railway lines that no longer exist.