Hello Discussion, I would like to add new tags to open railway map and osm.
I am a railroader in the usa and have specific knowledge to add. Reading the documentation is my first order of business to better understand where we are with tagging. I would like to start with adding train control like etcs in Germany to the USA rail network. We of course have other train control systems that may be similar or different.
I would be accepting of the input of tagging for osm and how to add information to open railway map.
best regards, Nathan Proudfoot https://www.openstreetmap.org/user/Natfoot email: natfoot@gmail.com
Hi Nathan,
I am a railroader in the usa and have specific knowledge to add. Reading the documentation is my first order of business to better understand where we are with tagging. I would like to start with adding train control like etcs in Germany to the USA rail network. We of course have other train control systems that may be similar or different.
Train protection is already tagged in various places in the form of railway:etcs=yes. Since there can be multiple train protection systems in place at one time, this is better than for instance railway:train_protection=xyz
Examples: https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/503528481 https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/166831834
Also a good place to start is https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/OpenRailwayMap/Tagging
Regards, Maarten
openrailwaymap@openrailwaymap.org
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