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

[Mateusz Konieczny]

(1) sorry for an empty email send earlier

(2) we have plenty of things that should not be added
https://taginfo.openstreetmap.org/keys/mapper - single paid
 mapping group produced 800 000+ instances of an unwanted tag
(they promised recently to fix it)

(3) sometimes this tags are used to describe still existing remains
that is OK, though I would tag it differently
(map existing embankment rather that railway that used to
be located on still existing embankment)

(4) Wiki documents used tags, not just desirable ones
In some cases it documents tags as a very bad idea.

(5) Some people thought/think that mapping completely
gone objects in OSM is OK. AFAIK they used to be more
prominent in the past.

May 27, 2020, 01:40 by talk at openstreetmap.org:

> then why are there tags ?
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> https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Demolished_Railway
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> and if the platform posts are still there ?
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>> Tuesday, May 26, 2020 4:52 PM -05:00 from Jack Armstrong <jacknstacy at sprynet.com>:
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>> Thanks. I'll try that.
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>>> From: Warin <>>> 61sundowner at gmail.com <javascript:void(0)>>>> >
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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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