[OSM-talk] railway=narrow_gauge

[Martijn van Oosterhout]

On 6/18/07, Matthias Julius <lists at julius-net.net> wrote:
> "Martijn van Oosterhout" <kleptog at gmail.com> writes:
>
> > But why do we care at all about the gauge? Do you want to render it differently?
>
> Yes, it would be good to render them differently.  At least in Germany
> narrow gauge railways are very local, are often steam powered and are
> usually tourist attractions.

So, we should also make a railway=wide_gauge for countries where such
railways are wider than the normal gauge?

This is silly. If you want to mark such railways, make a
railway=tourist or railway=not_normal_rail. In other words, say what
it is, rather than using some tag that's completely unrelated (like
gauge).

Have a nice day,
-- 
Martijn van Oosterhout <kleptog at gmail.com> http://svana.org/kleptog/