[OSM-talk] How to Tag Closed Airport

John F. Eldredge john at jfeldredge.com
Sun Jan 26 14:04:37 UTC 2014


Bryce Nesbitt <bryce2 at obviously.com> wrote:
> I favor disused=yes, perhaps with access=no and a note=.
> The wiki page http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Disused would favor
> disused:aeroway=aerodrome
>             -Byce
> 
> Notes 1) Were there an "objectnote:en=" feature meant for display in
> map clients, this would be a good addition also.
> 
> Note 2) While not relevant here, the OSM lifecycle tags are missing a
> number of steps: "broken when last observed" is
> the lifecycle stage I most frequently want to map.  There's also
> "under construction but not finished when last observed".
> 
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The "when last observed" disclaimer is unnecessary.  Any recorded status is going to be "when last observed", unless you are talking about a live broadcast.

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