Key:removed:*

Prefix removed:*
Description
Namespace for features that do not exist anymore.
Group: lifecycle
Used on these elements
Useful combination
See also
demolished:*=* razed:*=* ruins:*=* ruined:*=*
Status: in use
taginfo: removed:*

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).

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 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.

See also

• demolished:*=* - Namespace for features that have been demolished, without any traces left
• razed:*=* - Namespace for features that have been completely removed
• destroyed:*=* - Namespace for features that have been destroyed by an event other than intentional demolition, such as a natural disaster
• Lifecycle prefix
• Comparison of life cycle concepts