Openrailwaymap October 2020

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Re: usage=main/branch in Germany vs. other countries?
by JJJ Wegdam 19 Oct '20

19 Oct '20

Hello, The German definition is different than what was internationally agreed upon in OSM. In my opinion German mappers should allow me to change the usage tags on German lines in accordance with the international definition. Does anyone disagree? Best regards, JJJWegdam Background the German definition for Hauptbahne "Rechtliche Grundlagen Deutschland Die Strecken werden entsprechend ihrer Bedeutung nach Hauptbahnen und Nebenbahnen unterschieden. Die Entscheidung darüber, welche Strecken Hauptbahnen und welche Nebenbahnen sind, treffen für die Eisenbahnen des Bundes das jeweilige Unternehmen, für Eisenbahnen, die nicht zum Netz der Eisenbahnen des Bundes gehören (nichtbundeseigene Eisenbahnen), die zuständige Landesbehörde." the definiton on the OpenRailwayMap tagging page "Main line, mostly double tracked and electrified. Use this tag on railways with high maximum speed and dense traffic. Railway crossings are mostly elevated. In North America, this can include single-tracked non-electrified line, especially over very long distances." "Branch lines, which are mostly single tracked, not electrified and with lower maximum speed. Railway crossings are mostly at the same level as tracks." Op 3 oktober 2020 om 23:54 uur schreef Michael Kümmling <michael(a)kuemmling.eu>: Hi, JJJWegdam noted, that the usage of the tag usage=main/branch differs between Geramany and other countries (see https://www.openstreetmap.org/changeset/20641783). In Germany, it is usually applied based on the legal status of a line as branch line or main line. This means, that sometimes single track lines with low speed and rather local relevance are tagged usage=main. What's your opinion? Regards, Micha

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Railway Offline Style for OsmAnd
by Johannes Elstner 10 Oct '20

10 Oct '20

Hi there, I'd like to show you an offline map style I've created for the OsmAnd app, highlighting the railway infrastructure like in OpenRailwayMap. My motivation was to have a mobile offline railway map when I'm travelling around by train and I'm interested in the infrastructure outside. But as a railway engineer, I could even imagine using it for field work. You can find the download and installation instructions here: https://github.com/fuzzysolutions/OsmAndRailwayStyles The first release is just focusing on the line styling, so text labels and point style and labels are still ruled by the base style (Mapnik). Feel free to contribute feedback or improvements. Please note that there are some limitations, as the OsmAnd offline maps don't contain all the railway tags that would be interesting. Especially usage and highspeed are unfortunately missing. Greetings Johannes

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Deutschlandkurve
by Philipp Klaus Krause 09 Oct '20

09 Oct '20

Guten Morgen. Gibt es ein Tag für die Deutschlandkurve (eine Kurve, bei der die äußeren Räder auf dem Spurkranz laufen, was besonders enge Radien ermöglicht, benannt nach dem bedeutendsten Hersteller dieser Kurven, der Maschinenfabrik Deutschland GmbH in Dortmund)? Philipp

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usage=main/branch in Germany vs. other countries?
by Michael Kümmling 03 Oct '20

03 Oct '20

Hi, JJJWegdam noted, that the usage of the tag usage=main/branch differs between Geramany and other countries (see https://www.openstreetmap.org/changeset/20641783). In Germany, it is usually applied based on the legal status of a line as branch line or main line. This means, that sometimes single track lines with low speed and rather local relevance are tagged usage=main. What's your opinion? Regards, Micha

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