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

[Martin Koppenhoefer]

2015-09-15 12:02 GMT+02:00 moltonel 3x Combo <moltonel at gmail.com>:

> I don't understand how a feature can be both "dismantled till the end
> of time" and "in the present".
>


this depends on the tags you use to describe it. If you say it is a not
being any more thing, it will likely remain like this. If you say it used
to be a thing until date, then it is the a=foo, end_date=date tagging style.




> The only state that you can keep
> forever is the state of not being. To me, "dismantled" as used in OSM
> rails is a much stronger definition than "dismantled legos", it is a
> synonym for "fully gone".
>


I agree.



> Saying that something is "fully gone in the
> present" is a roundabout way of saying that it is in the past.
>


yes, but still that's two different ways of saying it, the same as with
tagging.

Cheers,
Martin
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