[OSM-talk] [tagging] Feature Proposal - Voting - miniature railway

[Peter Miller]

On 18 Aug 2009, at 17:47, Peter Childs wrote:

> 2009/8/16 John Smith <delta_foxtrot at yahoo.com>:
>> --- On Sun, 16/8/09, Lester Caine <lester at lsces.co.uk> wrote:
>>> I'd recommend synchronising this with wikipedia
>>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miniature_railway
>>>
>>> A lot of work has been done there between the various types
>>> of model/miniature
>>> railway, and that page has a fairly comprehensive list of
>>> 'ridable' miniature
>>> railways. Separate form narrow gauge which tend to be 'full
>>> size'
>>
>> Some of those border on light rail or narrow gauge, looking at some  
>> of the photos it looks like regular railway track.
>>
>> http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/53/Bure_Valley_Railway_DSC00533.jpg
>>
>> Compared to something like this:
>>
>> http://scrms.org.au/files/IMGP5229.JPG
>>
>>
>
> Looking at this (and I know of two "Miniture Railways" one is 9"
> (Strood, Gillingham, Kent, Uk) and the other 3.5/5.5" (Mote Park,
> Maidstone, Kent, Uk)
>
> Tagging Railway=miniture makes sence (in both cases) but they are
> quite different animals.
>
> I think we should tag the Gauge (Possibly in all cases) and assume
> Standard Railway Gauge if not tagged.
>
> I think a Gauge=width (in mm I guess) is worth adding.
>

Do check out the  recent comments on the railways wiki page re gauge....
http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Talk:Railways


Regards,



Peter




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