User:Pilgerobst/Railway project template
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The following page is a template of how to map railway projects in my interpretation. Additional input is more than welcome
This OpenHistoricalMap project aims for the historical coverage of railways in insert region here
Tagging
This section describes the standardization desired for this project. Listed below is a minimal set of tags. Additional tags can be added, as appropriate, but mappers should feel comfortable moving on if these have been included as a first pass.
Ways
| tag | notes | example |
|---|---|---|
name=*
|
name, if it has one | only special names like "Kaiserbahn". not Town A - Town B railway |
railway=construction
|
for the time during which a railway is either under construction or complete, but not yet open. | if the railway is completed include it in a multilinestring |
railway=abandoned
|
for the time when railway traffic is withdrawn with no intention of resuming it | include it in a multilinestring similar with railway=disused and railway=razed
|
railway=rail
|
this should be true for most railways | |
railway=narrow_gauge
|
this should be used (for now) for smaller gauge railway than the standard ones in the region | |
gauge=*
|
this should be true for most railways | a change of gauge should be made with multilinestrings |
usage=*
|
this should be used to outline the usage of the specific time period | a change of usage should be made with multilinestrings |
source=*
|
the URL where you obtained the geometry | Bing Maps
|
start_date=*
|
start date in ISO 8601 YYYY-MM-DD format
|
1999-12-311999-121999
|
start_date:edtf=*
|
used when the start date is uncertain; can also be used for times | 1999-12-31T13:44 |
start_date:source=*
|
the URL where you obtained the start date |
| tag | notes | example |
|---|---|---|
ref=*
|
this is not used by any automated processing, rendering, or search.
route membership should be reflected in relation membership, not |
Relations
When should segments be added to a railway route relation?
- As soon as it connects at least two stations
- As long as railway traffic occurs on the railway
- If the segment is not a siding, crossover etc.
When should relations be created?
- A route relation for each time period. For example, Town A - Town B railway.
- All route relations should be grouped into a chronology relation
- If a segment changes gauge, usage or its operating state a multilinestring relation should be created
| tag | notes | example |
|---|---|---|
type=route
|
- | |
route=tracks
|
- | |
ref=*
|
put the official track number of the railway | |
wikidata=*
|
use the data item Q-code for the article about the railway | Q00000
|
wikipedia=*
|
en:<article name with spaces> | replace en with country specific prefix. This note should be deleted in an official page |
start_date=*
|
Put the start date of the route in its valid form at this time | |
end_date=*
|
Put the end date of the route in its valid form at this time | |
| members | Please sort your relation members so they represent a continuous line. |
Railway list
Use this table to document the buildout of the Railway System
| Railway | Contributors | Status | Chronology relation | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Town A - Town B | section C - D missing | |||
| Town E - Town F | completed |   0
|
includes part of former railway Q - P |