Key:removed:*

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Prefix removed:*
Description
Namespace for features that do not exist anymore. Show/edit corresponding data item.
Group: lifecycle
Used on these elements
may be used on nodesmay be used on waysmay be used on areas (and multipolygon relations)may be used on relations
Useful combination
See also
Status: in use
taginfo: removed:*

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This page describes a key prefix rather than a simple key.

The removed:*=* lifecycle prefix for features of which no visible trace remains (i.e. they don't exist anymore).

See nonexistent features for more general discussion of mapping no longer existing features.

How to map

Add the namespace removed:*=* to all keys which are no longer relevant to the current state of an object without changing the geometry (let it a node if it was a node, a way if it was a way). You should treat all the tags on an object as a set of facts about the object, and prefix the keys of those facts which are no longer true as a result of being non existent.

Adding a note=* to explain why you just didn't delete the geometry (e.g. on a recently dismantled building where the last remains have been removed, which can still be seen in many editor background images and there is a high risk other would add it again based on the now outdated background image information) is highly recommended, else, someone might just delete everything again.

Usage of (maybe) similar concepts

  • removed:* ~1000 use in the db as of 11/2014. Update ~16430 use as of 7/2022. >> plus 56843 in ~8 years // 7200 p.a.
  • demolished:* ~1000 use in the db as of 11/2014. Update ~78770 use as of 7/2022. >> plus 78000 in ~8 years // 10000 p.a.
  • demolished_* ~50 use in the db as of 11/2014. Update ~240 use as of 7/2022. >> plus 190 in ~8 years // 25 p.a.
  • no:* ~100 use in the db as of 11/2014. Update ~350 use as of 7/2022. >> plus 250 in ~8 years // 30 p.a.
  • was:* ~4500 use in the db as of 11/2014. Update ~106240 use as of 7/2022. >> plus 101700 in ~8 years // 13100 p.a.
  • was_* ~30 use in the db as of 11/2014. Update ~411 use as of 7/2022. >> plus 380 in ~8 years // 50 p.a.
  • old:* ~200 use in the db as of 11/2014. Update ~1800 use as of 7/2022. >> plus 1600 in ~8 years // 200 p.a.
  • former_* ~500 former_name and 100 former_* use in the db as of 11/2014. Update ~800 former_name and 640 former_* use as of 7/2022. >> plus 300/540 in ~8 years // 100 p.a.
  • former: ~100 use in the db as of 11/2014. Update ~2000 use as of 7/2022. >> plus 1900 in ~8 years // 240 p.a.
  • gone:* ~40 use in the db as of 11/2014. Update ~32 use as of 7/2022. >> minus 8 in ~8 years // 1 p.a.
  • razed:* ~54800 use in the db as of 7/2022.
  • destroyed:* ~13800 use in the db as of 7/2022.
  • abandoned:* ~390000 use in the db as of 7/2022.
  • disused:* ~285700 use in the db as of 7/2022.

How to check map status

Shown on a use case for a building=* object example:

See also