Reply to discussion by R. Tomás, M. Cano, J. García-Barba on “GIS-based kinematic slope instability and slope mass rating (SMR) maps: application to a railway route in Sivas (Turkey)” by Işık Yilmaz, Marian Marschalko, Mustafa Yildirim, Emek Dereli and Martin Bednarik, Bulletin of Engineering Geology and the Environment 71, (2012), 351–357, doi:10.1007/s10064-011-0384-5”