On 22.04.2015 13:46, robert wrote: > Dear OpenRailwayMappers, > > recently I had a look at the marvellous openrailwaymap. I am > astonished by the > many different classes for railway lines. Although commuting everyday > by train, > I never imagined so many different track types. > > One thing confused me, maybe you can enlighten me. Why is the 9701 > "Brockenbahn" running to the top of the highest peak in the Harz > mountains > neither "Schmalspur" nor "Museumsbahn" but a "Überleitgleis". Even > more > confusing, at some stations the parallel tracks are tagged as > "Schmalspurbahn" (e.g. Schierke). > > According to the website of the "Harzer Schmalspur Bahnen" > http://www.hsb-wr.de/mehr-erfahren/streckennetz/interaktives-streckennetz/ > the "Brockenbahn" and the "Harzquerbahn" are claimed to be > "Schmalspurbahnen".

The meaning of railway=preserved and railway=narrow_gauge is better represented using railway:preserved=yes and gauge=.

It is also tagged as usage=tourism. The renderer does not highlight any tracks that have a usage other than main, branch, or industrial. That means military, tourism, and test are documented, but not rendered. If you have a github account please file an issue so this does not get lost.

Hi Robert, On Mi, 2015-04-22 at 13:46 +0200, robert wrote: > Dear OpenRailwayMappers, > > recently I had a look at the marvellous openrailwaymap. I am astonished by > the many different classes for railway lines. Although commuting everyday > by train, I never imagined so many different track types. > > One thing confused me, maybe you can enlighten me. Why is the 9701 > "Brockenbahn" running to the top of the highest peak in the Harz mountains > neither "Schmalspur" nor "Museumsbahn" but a "Überleitgleis". Even more > confusing, at some stations the parallel tracks are tagged as > "Schmalspurbahn" (e.g. Schierke). > > According to the website of the "Harzer Schmalspur Bahnen" > http://www.hsb-wr.de/mehr-erfahren/streckennetz/interaktives-streckennetz/ > the "Brockenbahn" and the "Harzquerbahn" are claimed to be > "Schmalspurbahnen". the main tracks of the "Brockenbahn" and the "Harzquerbahn" are tagged with usage=tourism (btw. usage=tourism is not 100% correct for the Harzquerbahn as this line is also used for regular public transport). Currently the renderer does not show tracks that are tagged with usage=tourism. There is a ticket for it (https://github.com/rurseekatze/OpenRailwayMap/issues/40), but we have not found a suitable color for these lines. I think as a first step, we will render those lines in black in the next few days. For your information: The main tracks are not rendered as crossover tracks ("Überleitgleis"), they are not rendered on the overlay. It appears that they are rendered as crossover tracks because of their rendering in the basemap . Select "No background map" in the layer selection to see this. Regards Alex