[OSM-talk] razed railways and other things that don't exist today

[Mateusz Konieczny]

Oct 26, 2022, 12:05 by dieterdreist at gmail.com:

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>> On 26 Oct 2022, at 11:45, Mateusz Konieczny via talk <talk at openstreetmap.org> wrote:
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>> Note that when you found some gone railway
>> mapped in OSM then it is useful
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>> - edit OSM object to note which traces are left if any
>> (ideally, it would be done by original mapper)
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>> - or delete nonexistent sections without traces
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> what is the scale/resolution  for determining a “non-existent” section? If you do it too fine grained, it would be like mapping a dashed divider line, with yes/no alternating every 2 meters.
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If road was rebuild and as result there is 10m wide gap where embankment 
was obliterated then I would delete such section of railway=abandoned/railway=razed

But if someone would initially map it then I would not complain about it

> Is a former station a trace that is valid in this sense?
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if train station/platform trace remains then mapping them is fine

but if railway track between them is obliterated without trace then such track
is not mappable and should be deleted if it is mapped

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