Snowmobiles are generally about one meter or so wide (the rider sits astride them, as on a motorcycle), can't be used on a surface that isn't covered with snow or ice, and don't technically require a trail. However, many areas discourage or forbid off-trail usage because of damage to vegetation, and the risk that someone going cross-country on unfamiliar territory may encounter drop-offs, stumps hidden by snowdrifts, or other hazards.
-------Original Email------- Subject :Re: [OSM-talk] Tagging Scheme Recommendations: highway=path, footway,trail? >From :mailto:[email protected] Date :Thu Aug 26 15:08:07 America/Chicago 2010 2010/8/26 Pieren <[email protected]>: > n Thu, Aug 26, 2010 at 1:12 PM, Cartinus <[email protected]> wrote: >> On Thursday 26 August 2010 12:34:26 Maarten Deen wrote: >> > That is not how it is described in the wiki: >> Then the wiki is wrong. I agree with Cartinus here: the wiki is wrong. Path is not necessary for non-motorized vehicles. Btw,: if assisted bicycles gain more popularity we might have to decide how to deal with them. btw2: this should be discussed on tagging-list > It's not detailled enough. A path is too narrow for a 4 wheels vehicle like > a car but not for a 2 wheels vehicle like a moped or a motorbike (or no > wheels like a snowmobile ;-). I don't know if snowmobiles are narrower than cars. cheers, Martin _______________________________________________ talk mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk -- John F. Eldredge -- [email protected] "Reserve your right to think, for even to think wrongly is better than not to think at all." -- Hypatia of Alexandria _______________________________________________ Tagging mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging
