Re: [talk-au] Australian bushwalking tracks

2009-09-22 Thread John Smith
2009/9/22 Liz ed...@billiau.net: This is probably redundant, but water supplies should have a point identifier. If you are prepared to drink stream or river water, I hope you have what you need to make it safe. Depends where it is coming from, but dad always used to say if the horses would

Re: [talk-au] Australian bushwalking tracks

2009-09-22 Thread James Livingston
On 22/09/2009, at 5:56 PM, John Smith wrote: If you are bored enough you can also enter the number of steps, and I think it was on the main talk list but you should have the direction of the way from bottom to top of the stairs. Regardless of what the talk list may have said, I think that half

[talk-au] Australian bushwalking tracks

2009-09-21 Thread swanilli
I posted the following to OSM-newbies a week back but have had no feedback. Any thoughts here? I would like some consensus on the tagging of Australian bushwalking tracks. Specifically, I am interested in unformed ways that are unsuitable for all but the most courageous/insane cyclists.

Re: [talk-au] Australian bushwalking tracks

2009-09-21 Thread Liz
On Mon, 21 Sep 2009, swanilli wrote: I posted the following to OSM-newbies a week back but have had no feedback. Any thoughts here? I would like some consensus on the tagging of Australian bushwalking tracks. Specifically, I am interested in unformed ways that are unsuitable for all but the

Re: [talk-au] Australian bushwalking tracks

2009-09-21 Thread Evan Sebire
We should emphasis tagging properties and not uses. This is what that well worn path demonstrates to me, obviously some people think the path is traverse-able or it would not be worn! Tags I typically use are, highway = path, sac_scale, trail_visibility, surface, width. Only on a legal basis

Re: [talk-au] Australian bushwalking tracks

2009-09-21 Thread Roy Wallace
On Mon, Sep 21, 2009 at 6:30 PM, swanilli swani...@gmail.com wrote: Given this inconsistency, I have been tagging fire trails and the like (I ask myself if they are suitable for 4WD) as highway=track and bushwalking tracks as highway=path. Did you see the Bush Walking Tracks section of the

Re: [talk-au] Australian bushwalking tracks

2009-09-21 Thread swanilli
I did see the Bush Walking Tracks section, which is more or less in line with what I had in mind. My problem is the ambiguity created under Footpaths and Cycleways which seems to me biases use by bicycles e.g.: Australian shared path (Bicycle and Pedestrian sign) - highway=cycleway, foot=yes

Re: [talk-au] Australian bushwalking tracks

2009-09-21 Thread Roy Wallace
On Tue, Sep 22, 2009 at 9:51 AM, Liz ed...@billiau.net wrote: Some things I'd like to see us add to paths is to indicate which ones do have available drinking quality water - do you have any ideas on that? Add an amenity=drinking_water node where applicable.

Re: [talk-au] Australian bushwalking tracks

2009-09-21 Thread Stephen Hope
2009/9/22 swanilli swani...@gmail.com: I agree with Evan's view that We should emphasis tagging properties and not uses. Some of my local streets have a painted cycleway sign but it makes little sense to tag the street as highway=cycleway, rather than say, highway=residential. A cycleway