[OSM-talk] Should we map things that do not exist?

[Warin]

On 25/5/20 2:37 pm, Jack Armstrong wrote:
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> Greetings.
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> Recently, a user mapped “razed” railways inside a construction zone 
> (link below). These rails had been removed by our local mappers since 
> they don’t exist anymore. Using the latest imagery (Maxar), you can 
> see the rails have been completely removed from “Project 70”, a $1.2 
> billion Denver-area transportation corridor construction project.
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> I think this mapper has good intentions, but what is the point of 
> mapping something that does not exist? Doesn’t this clearly contradict 
> the OSM Good Practice wiki in regards the sections, “Verifiability”, 
> “Map what's on the ground” and “Don't map historic events and historic 
> features”? The last section states, "*Do not map objects if they do 
> not exist currently*."
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>
> Should we tag (invisible) razed sidewalks? Should we leave (invisible) 
> destroyed buildings in place, tag them as razed and then create new 
> buildings on top of them?
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> https://www.openstreetmap.org/edit#map=19/39.78016/-104.94562
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Advise them to enter the historic railway into OHM ... or any historic 
object for that matter. This satisfies them that the object is mapped 
and frees OSM from it.

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