On Mon, Sep 27, 2010 at 8:38 PM, Dave F. <dave...@madasafish.com> wrote: > On 28/09/2010 01:11, Nathan Edgars II wrote: >> >> On Mon, Sep 27, 2010 at 8:00 PM, Dave F.<dave...@madasafish.com> wrote: >>> >>> But only add what is actually visibly there now. Not what was there fifty >>> years ago. >> >> What was there 50 years ago is useful, > > I agree > >> and removing it would be >> vandalism. > > I disagree. How can it be vandalism if it's not there anymore?
Because we don't only map what's currently there. > >> You can argue about whether Mapnik should show it, but >> don't remove it. > > For those who want to keep historic records (& I think there should be), > they should take a record of current data at regular intervals & keep it in > a separate database. > > If historic data was kept within OSM it would become far to cluttered. Strawman. We're only talking about former railway alignments. > > Why do you think it should remain in the OSM database? Because it's of local interest even where no linear traces remain. _______________________________________________ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging
