[OSM-talk] Abandoned Rails

[Frederik Ramm]

Hi,

On 09/09/2015 12:44 PM, Mateusz Konieczny wrote:
> it is almost certain
> that sooner or later somebody will decide to import for example
> buildings that were documented to exist in the past.

Fortunately the self-healing powers of OSM will step in at that point
and revert the import. Just because the project grows larger doesn't
mean we have to tolerate bullshit.

Taking a small step back from the discussion, even the avid proponents
of mapping un-railways claim that (at least to their expert eye) the
railway is still very much visible.

This thread might look like we're fighting over SOMETHING BIG but in
fact we all(*) agree that stuff that is visible can go into OSM and
stuff that is long built-over will not; the disagreement is only about
stuff that has ceased to exist but hasn't (yet?) been overbuilt or
otherwise obliterated. The total number of such things is relatively
small. I can continue to state that abandoned railways should not be in
OSM(**) and Russ Nelson can continue to claim otherwise but that is
really a minor skirmish that won't bring the project to a halt.

Bye
Frederik

(*) everyone else is with OpenHistoricalMap
(**) abandoned railways, of course, should not be in OSM

-- 
Frederik Ramm  ##  eMail frederik at remote.org  ##  N49°00'09" E008°23'33"