Why not using the route relation[1] for this? You can combine all type of paths/roads with that relation, add the name, the ref (E-...), the network (Gran Recorrido GR, Pequeño Recorrido PR, Sendero local SL) and even a symbol for the route.
http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/Relations/Routes On Tue, Mar 18, 2008 at 12:49 PM, Rodrigo Moya <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, 2008-03-18 at 10:55 +0000, Andy Robinson (blackadder) wrote: > > Rodrigo Moya wrote: > > >Sent: 18 March 2008 10:49 AM > > >To: Blake Crosby > > >Cc: talk@openstreetmap.org > > >Subject: Re: [OSM-talk] Tourist/Leisure Trails > > > > > >On Mon, 2008-03-17 at 14:33 -0400, Blake Crosby wrote: > > >> [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? > > >> > > >> I think following the current bus route tagging scheme might be a > good > > >> start? A "trail" or "walking route" is no different than a cycling > route > > >> and bus route.. > > >> > > >> http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/Key:route > > >> > > >I miss in the route key a way for "Gran Recorrido" ("Big distance") > > >routes here in Spain, which are routes which cover several kms, off > road > > >most of the time, but which use footways, normal tracks (where motor > > >vehicles are allowed), some roads, etc. > > > > > >So how would I tag this? Does the route need to be its own way, or > > >should we just tag the roads/footways/tracks the route uses with the > > >route tag? > > > > I've tagged some in UK as route=long_distance_footpath as that's what > they > > are commonly referred to here. You could also add a specific > > gran_recorrido=true or long_distance_footpath=gran_recorrido tag to > achieve > > something similar that's country specific as well. > > > well, this wouldn't work really, since as I said, it is not a footpath, > it's a route going over "existing" tracks/roads/cities, which means that > lots of parts of the route can be used on a motor vehicle. > > Also, we have the Gran Recorrido ones, but there are also the > international routes (E- is the reference they use), and also the short > distance routes (Pequeño Recorrido), as well as local routes (Sendero > Local). All of them use existing ways, and I'm sure there is something > similar in most countries. > > Maybe we can add new values for the route tag, like > "long_distance_route", "short_distance_route", "local_route", would that > work for other countries? As for the "gran_recorrido" naming in the > tags, not sure we really need it, since that would be in the ref/name > tags > -- > Rodrigo Moya <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > _______________________________________________ > talk mailing list > talk@openstreetmap.org > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/talk >
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