Re: [Tagging] [OSM-talk] Proposition for a classification of path

[Steve Bennett]

Hi Balaitous,
  I think trying to "classify" paths using a "type" or "grade" is the
wrong approach. The problem you're trying to solve is a real one:
trying to distinguish important trails from less important ones. So
why not just use that terminology:

importance=5 (most important trails, probably a GR or something)
importance=0 (insignificant little desire line, when there's a
perfectly good track nearby, only the most pedantic map nerds would
care about it).

This strategy works. It's used by Google Maps (and exposed in
Mapmaker) to assist with rendering and searching. Yes, it's a little
bit subjective, but that's not the end of the world.

Steve

On Tue, Feb 26, 2013 at 9:17 AM, Balaitous  wrote:
> Hi,
> I have wrote a proposition of classification for path.
> You can see it at :
> http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Proposed_features/pathtype
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Re: [Tagging] [OSM-talk] Proposition for a classification of path

[Martin Koppenhoefer]

2013/2/25 Balaitous :
> Hi,
> I have wrote a proposition of classification for path.
> You can see it at :
> http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Proposed_features/pathtype


Looking at your proposal I guess you are aware of these:
http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Sac_scale
http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:trail_visibility
http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Proposed_features/Obstacle
surface
width
etc.

Other parts of the definitions (if a way is part of one or more hiking
routes) can also be seen from the actual relations that way is part
of.

Generally this would introduce a less detailed, generic and additional
way to subjectively classify paths similar to tracks.

cheers,
Martin

PS: Please keep this on the tagging list and don't crosspost to talk or talk-fr.

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