[Tagging] How to tag destroyed stuff?

2011-08-08 Thread Steve Bennett
There are two pedestrian/bicycle bridges in my area that were destroyed by a storm earlier in the year. What's the best way to tag them? Ideally, a renderer should be able to use the information to draw a big red X or something - there's quite a difference IMHO between absence of bridge and "there

Re: [Tagging] How to tag destroyed stuff?

2011-08-08 Thread John Smith
On 9 August 2011 11:51, Steve Bennett wrote: > There are two pedestrian/bicycle bridges in my area that were > destroyed by a storm earlier in the year. What's the best way to tag > them? Ideally, a renderer should be able to use the information to > draw a big red X or something - there's quite a

Re: [Tagging] How to tag destroyed stuff?

2011-08-08 Thread Richard Welty
On 8/8/11 10:06 PM, John Smith wrote: On 9 August 2011 11:51, Steve Bennett wrote: There are two pedestrian/bicycle bridges in my area that were destroyed by a storm earlier in the year. What's the best way to tag them? Ideally, a renderer should be able to use the information to draw a big red

Re: [Tagging] How to tag destroyed stuff?

2011-08-08 Thread Steve Bennett
On Tue, Aug 9, 2011 at 12:06 PM, John Smith wrote: > How is this fundementally different than any other disused bridge? Overnight destruction is noteworthy, whereas slow decay into disuse is not. There are signs and safety barriers around the destroyed bridges, there are detours in place. A big r

Re: [Tagging] How to tag destroyed stuff?

2011-08-08 Thread John Smith
On 9 August 2011 14:30, Steve Bennett wrote: > On Tue, Aug 9, 2011 at 12:06 PM, John Smith wrote: >> How is this fundementally different than any other disused bridge? > > Overnight destruction is noteworthy, whereas slow decay into disuse is > not. There are signs and safety barriers around the

Re: [Tagging] How to tag destroyed stuff?

2011-08-08 Thread Richard Welty
is their removal permanent, or are they to be rebuilt? if they are going to be rebuilt in substantially the same place, i'd just set access=no with a README=destroyed by storm 201y-mm-dd, to be rebuilt, ETA 201y-mm-dd Well obviously there is a time between when it's destroyed and when there are f