[mkgmap-dev] [patch] hide abandoned highways in default style

Sun Nov 22 18:32:05 GMT 2015

> if the highway tag is also present, it's for the current highway value
(e.g. abandoned:highway=path).

I meant: if the highway tag is also present, it's for the current highway
value (e.g. highway=path).

On Sun, Nov 22, 2015 at 7:31 PM, Ben Konrath <ben at bagu.org> wrote:

> Hi Gerd,
>
> No, that's a mistake on my part. It looks like abandoned:highway=* is for
> the old highway value (e.g. abandoned:highway=classified) and if the
> highway tag is also present, it's for the current highway value (e.g.
> abandoned:highway=path). Ways with abandoned:highway but without highway
> should be ignored. I've updated the patch. Let me know if I didn't express
> that correctly.
>
> Thanks, Ben
>
>
> On Sun, Nov 22, 2015 at 3:54 PM, Gerd Petermann <
> GPetermann_muenchen at hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi Ben,
>>
>>
>> I think it is okay, but I don't yet see a need to handle
>> abandoned:highway.
>>
>> I find > 2100 ways that with abandoned:highway=* and highway=*.
>>
>> Do you think these are not usable highways ?
>>
>>
>> Gerd
>>
>>
>>
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>> *Von:* mkgmap-dev-bounces at lists.mkgmap.org.uk <
>> mkgmap-dev-bounces at lists.mkgmap.org.uk> im Auftrag von Ben Konrath <
>> ben at bagu.org>
>> *Gesendet:* Sonntag, 22. November 2015 13:33
>> *An:* Development list for mkgmap
>> *Betreff:* [mkgmap-dev] [patch] hide abandoned highways in default style
>>
>> Hi Gerd,
>>
>> Here's a patch to hide abandoned highways in the default style. Abandoned
>> highways have some evidence of their former existence but are no longer
>> used. I made a separate rule for this change to highlight that abandoned
>> highways could be useful in topographical maps.
>>
>> https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:abandoned:
>>
>> The rule also matches highway=abandoned. While not an official OSM rule,
>> it is being used in the US an Europe:
>>
>> https://taginfo.openstreetmap.org/tags/highway=abandoned#map
>>
>> I also found a German wiki page for it but not a page in English:
>>
>> https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/DE:Tag:highway%3Dabandoned
>>
>> Let me know what you think.
>>
>> Thanks, Ben
>>
>>
>>
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