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

[Martin Koppenhoefer]

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> Am 15.09.2015 um 10:18 schrieb Lester Caine <lester at lsces.co.uk>:
> 
> The crux of the problem here is 'end_date' and if it is to be supported
> or not. I'm perfectly happy that features which exist on the ground need
> to be documented, and even having removed the tracks, a rail bed is
> still a substantial structure which can be reused or robbed out.


thing is, a dismantled railway has no end_date, it only has a start_date and will continue to be a dismantled railway, till the end of time 

Anyway, end_date is just as broken as disused=yes, abandoned=yes, ruins=yes or any other qualifier that says that something is not any more what the other tags say.

cheers 
Martin