[OSM-talk] OpenRailwayMap Electrification Status vs tag electrification=no

[Mateusz Konieczny]

Why you want to remove electrification=no tags?

After doing this distinguishing "not electrified" and "no one checked"
is impossible.

(though "necessary for OpenRailwayMap" is not a good justification, some
used it to map railways where absolutely no trace remains and should not
be mapped in OSM. For example railway track that used to be in village,
which was replaced by 30m deep open pit mine).

note: tagging mailing list may be a better place for tagging questions


Feb 22, 2022, 22:30 by talk at openstreetmap.org:

> I was told by a contributor in a private message to not remove electrification=no tags on railways because they are necessary for > OpenRailwayMap Style to report Electrification status coloring ways based on electrification tag.
>
> What to think about that. Would it be possible simply for such Style to report as electrification=no and not electrification=unknown when this tag does not appear ?
>  
> Pierre 

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