[OSM-talk] Mapping Mottram and Tintwistle proposed bypass

[Michael Collinson]

At 09:01 AM 4/2/2008, Stephen Wing wrote:
>On 01/04/2008, Norbert Hoffmann 
><<mailto:nhoffmann at spamfence.net>nhoffmann at spamfence.net> wrote:
> >Ok, so how do I tag a section of highway that is going to be grubbed up and
> >returned to nature (which is happening for short sections of the A14 at
> >Haughley Bends)?
> >
> >highway="trunk"
> >construction="disused"
>I think
>
>highway="disused"
>disused="trunk"
>
>would be more consistent to "construction" and "proposed".
>
>Although that may be more consistent *once* the road has been dug 
>up, this particular road is still in use at the moment;  in that 
>case what should (if any) additional tags be applied to the road?
>
>Steve

Just use the note= tag to make a note for yourself or future mappers 
or the description= tag for interesting pop-up info to be displayed 
in future versions of the slippy map??  It sounds as if the road is 
just a regular road at the moment.

Beyond doing that and digressing slightly, it sounds rather a case of 
historical mapping where we'd start tagging features with things like 
date_appears= date_disappears= and could then render out time-based 
maps accordingly.  ... but I think we have enough on our plate with 
mapping things as they are right now to handle that for a couple of 
years or so!

Mike

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