In my opinion, when there are no (major) roads, but only paths, the most important paths become as such the 'major road network' themselves. The way I interpret this restriction is that we do not want paths that do not connect to anything, so-called islands n OSM terminology. We also do not want small paths that just connect to one small patch of farmland. But where there is a path to the next village, but no road, that's a path we really do want, methinks.
André On Sun, May 3, 2015 at 1:05 PM, Pat Tressel <[email protected]> wrote: > The instructions for (e.g.) task #1018 say to map only paths that connect to > "major road networks". I'm mapping in the Borang area from Digital Globe > imagery (not the imagery listed for this task -- there is no Bing imagery > here and the MapBox imagery is low-resolution). There *are* no roads, let > alone road networks, in this area. If we don't map foot paths that don't > connect to "road networks", there won't be any travel routes marked at all. > Prior mappers in this are have started to map paths (including some > well-known paths, such as the Ganesh Himal trek). > > Note these areas also do not appear to have good helicopter or small plane > landing sites -- they are terraced and steep. > > So...can the restriction be relaxed in these remote areas that do not have > roads? If the restriction is relaxed, what should the criterion be? > > Also, regarding paths: In some places, paths that are well-defined for part > of their length will disappear under trees, or will be hard to distinguish > when they run along a terrace, or split into multiple less-distinct paths. > I'm wondering if there are other sources of information about paths to and > between remote villages. Perhaps trek guide companies? Old maps that could > be rectified using Mapwarper? Anyone familiar with those areas who could > have a look at the imagery, and advise on where an indistinct path most > likely runs? > > -- Pat > > _______________________________________________ > HOT mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/hot > -- André Engels, [email protected] _______________________________________________ HOT mailing list [email protected] https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/hot
