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[openrailwaymap] Why is usage=freight deprecated?

Eduard (edward17) edward17 at mail.ua
Sun Jan 3 13:36:52 MET 2016


 Hi Alex,

thanks for answer!

Best regards,
Eduard <edward17>


>Hi Eduard,
>
>we removed usage=freight because it did not fit into the other values
>of usage=*. This tag classifies the type of a track, but freight
>describes by which type of trains a track is used.
>
>It also means redundancy with railway:traffic_mode=freight.
>
>For example, we need a possibility to decide between the public network
>and industrial railways inside steel mills or mining areas. If there
>was just usage=freight for both ones, it would not be possible to
>render them in a different style. So it is necessary to tag industrial
>railways as usage=industrial to be able to distinguish them from the
>public network.
>
>For the public railway network, it is necessary to distinguish between
>main lines and branch lines. That collides with usage=freight: If a
>public line which is used just by freight trains (there are some cases
>in Germany), it would not be possible to mark it as an main or branch
>line. That is why there is the additional tag railway:traffic_mode=*.
>
>I hope you were able to follow my example... ;)
>
>
>Regards
>Alex
>
>
>Am Dienstag, den 15.12.2015, 18:41 +0300 schrieb Eduard (edward17):
>> - Need an English version? Just scroll down -
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Hallo zusammen,
>> 
>> in diesem OSM-Wiki-Änderung wurde der Tag usage=freight mit dem
>> Kommentar "removed deprecated usage=freight" weggenommen:
>>  http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/w/index.php?title=Key:usage&diff=121143
>> 8&oldid=1161677
>> 
>> Ich habe nichts dagegen, ich möchte nur die Ursache wissen. Vielleich
>> habe ich Diskussion darüber darchgelassen.
>> 
>> Viele Grüße
>> Eduard <edward17>
>> 
>> ---
>> 
>> Hi there,
>> 
>> in this OSM-Wiki-Change usage=freight tag had been deleted:
>>  http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/w/index.php?title=Key:usage&diff=121143
>> 8&oldid=1161677
>> 
>> I'm not opposed, but I only want to know the reason. Probably I
>> missed the discussion.
>> 
>> Best regards
>> Eduard <edward17>
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