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
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
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
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
