Hi Michael, thanks for your feedback!
I see that the proposed tag service=irregular is too confusing. My primary intention is to tag the function of these "diversion tracks", not how often they are used (though this is a consequence of their function). These tram, metro and light-rail tracks i have in mind don't belong to the main tracks, but are almost exclusively used for diversions, such as when a main track is blocked by a defective railcar or in case of an accident or road works. They are also relatively short (only a few 100 m). I found out that these tracks are called "Dienstgleise" in the German-speaking part of Switzerland, which literally means "service tracks". Does anyone know how these tracks are called in English? I was thinking of changing the tag to service=reserve, but then found out that a "reserved tracks" is a term used for tracks on ground exclusively for trams (opposed to street-running tracks). What about service=auxiliary or service=diversion? Route relations don't really help (e.g. for renderers to de-emphasise these tracks), because the absence of a route relation on a track doesn't necessarily mean that it is a diversion track; it could also be that no route relations have been mapped yet. Besides, a tag on the rail is more stable (i.e. gets less frequently broken) than a route relation. Best regards Markus _______________________________________________ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging
