[OSM-talk] Abandoned railways

[Ben Robbins]

Hmm, actually abaondoned is the incorrect term for what i tag.  It should 
really be dismantled, as abandoned inplies it is there and unused, while in 
fact the rail and sleepers have been taken away.

This leaves me with option 2 meaning there would be the railway, abandoned 
and dismantled keys.  I would then tag it dismantled=narrowgauge (or 
whatever).

This works ok, but In making a key It woudl be good to no it can be a group 
that a lot would fit into.  While a lot can fit under abandoned, not so many 
other things would go under dismantled.  Although I suppose thats no reason 
to not allow them to be put there if nessesery.   dismantled=mineshaft or 
dismantled=manor maybe needed...

Ben




From: "Andy Robinson" <Andy_J_Robinson at blueyonder.co.uk>
To: "'Ben Robbins'" <ben_robbins_ at hotmail.com>,<talk at openstreetmap.org>
Subject: RE: [OSM-talk] Abandoned railways
Date: Sat, 18 Nov 2006 22:12:52 -0000

Ben Robbins wrote:
 >Sent: 18 November 2006 6:17 PM
 >To: talk at openstreetmap.org
 >Subject: [OSM-talk] Abandoned railways
 >
 >
 >Currently the abandoned railways tag is under railways.  This means its
 >inposible to state if its an abandoned monorail, or an abandoned narrow
 >gauge etcetc.
 >
 >I usaully tag highway=railway railway=abandoned.  But i now realise that
 >highway=railway is 1) an outdated tag, and 2) not actually any more
 >specific.
 >
 >There seems only 3 options:
 >
 >1) "railway=abandoned_[------]"  with railway type in the brackets
 >2) Have an abandoned key wich anything can go under.  e.g.
 >abandoned=narrowgauge
 >3) (The way that seems a wastful use of a key and unorgansised but ill add
 >it anyway)  railway=narrowgauge + abandoned=yes
 >
 >Personally I prefer idea 2, as this can then work fine for everything
 >(abandoned=building or abandoned=unclassified etcetc)
 >

Ben,

I believe your approach 2 is the best option and the way I have considered
this type of problem previously. It separates out the physical description
(railway=rail) from the administrative (status=abandoned) the latter is
probably not being used right now but it would appear appropriate unless we
have another similar across the board status type key that is in use.
"condition" might be an alternative.

Cheers

Andy

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 >
 >Thanks
 >
 >Ben
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