[OSM-talk] THIS is the kind of enthusiasm some would reject

[Mateusz Konieczny]

On Wed, 9 Sep 2015 23:15:42 -0400
Russ Nelson <nelson at crynwr.com> wrote:

> Look at these two photos and tell me what you can see, what you can
> "verify":
> 
> https://goo.gl/photos/G41ehgPJyfEWcvwH7
> https://goo.gl/photos/FfgSS5bDMQ3XW7MX8
> 
> What's this? Is it a trail or is it an abandoned railroad? See the
> spike? Where did it come from if not the abandoned railroad?
> Or the lump of coal hundreds of miles from any coal field?
> 
> It's not a track. 

This is a track. 

> It's an abandoned railroad that is being *used* as a track.

I am not convinced that leftover rubbish makes it railroad. There is
plenty of old metal and coal in many other places.

My cousin has in basement more coal and rail-related metal and it does
not mean that it can be mapped as an abandoned railroad.

That in this case old rubbish is at location that used to contain
railroad is not important - we are not mapping past.

Mapping state of Forum Romanum 2000 years ago would make more sense
(note to make it clear - I am convinced that Forum Romanum and other
places should be mapped at its current state).