[Talk-us] Railroads and Railroads (Historic)

[Saikrishna Arcot]

Good to see you here, Nathan.

Saikrishna Arcot

On Sun 10 Nov 2013 04:30:03 PM EST, nathan proudfoot wrote:
> Hello got some questions about Railroads,
> I have a passion for the preservation of railroads and the maps
> surrounding them.  I both update current map data with a line per each
> track.  Track is in most cases two rails attached by a sleeper or tie.
> I have over 10,000 edits over on GMM and under 4,000 with OSM.
>
> I am mostly coming to ask about historic railroads and how to map them.
> In my area we have lots of rail trails, these trails mostly have been
> mapped by
> bicycle=yes
> foot=yes
> highway=cycleway
> horse=yes
> name=John Wayne Pioneer Trail
> note=railway=abandoned indicates a rail-trail
> old_railway_operator=Milwaukee
> railway=abandoned
> Ect......
>
> Is this the way that we should be mapping these as there are historic
> attributes.
> For instance we could add.
> historic=ruins
> ruins=railroad
>
> or we could remove railway=abandoned
> but in this case the railroad is rail banked and could be brought out
> of abandoned status.
>
> We have other routes in the state that are not rail banked and are
> historic and are not seen as abandoned.
>
>  Best Regards,
> Nathan Proudfoot
> email: n.pfoot at gmail.com <mailto:n.pfoot at gmail.com>
>
>
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