On Mon, Mar 17, 2008 at 6:28 PM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi all, > There is already a page in the wiki for trails > (http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/Mapping/Features/Trail), but this > is really just tagging a way with permitted usage (such as footpath, > cyclepath, etc.). > > Is there any way of marking a 'trail', where a marked route which may > exist on other ways in part or as a whole? > > Primarily I am thinking a walking trail (say called 'Dead man's leap' ;-) > which might start at a parking location (trail head?) and follow a road > for 1km, footpath for 2km, ford a stream, etc.. These might also be more > extensive, such as 'Route 66' (USA) or 'Cowboy Trail' (Alberta, Canada). > > If not, I would propose another category of way; which would be mapped as > an additional way at the same locations as the normal ways. > > There could be a node 'trail head' for the start/trail head/staging post, > and 'trail point'(??) for directional/informational locations. Specifying > a trail type (car, walking, horse, cycle, snow-mobile, etc) would also be > sensible. > > [Thinking more as I type this, is this not also applicable for bus routes?] > > In terms for rendering I think that this would not normally be rendered on > the normal maps, but a 'tourist map' might include these as a > dot-dashed(??) line. > > Cheers, > Mungewell >
Take a look at http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/Relations/Routes, the cyclemap currently has support for them, and I'm thinking about rendering long distance paths (UK term for a trail) for one local project I'm involved in. -- Regards, Thomas Wood (Edgemaster) _______________________________________________ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/talk
