On Sun, Apr 12, 2015 at 5:38 PM, Greg Troxel <[email protected]> wrote:
> Clifford Snow <[email protected]> writes: > > > The trailhead proposal is long overdue. They are common around areas I've > > lived in the US. They usually have limited parking, signage, sometimes a > > place to pay, and some even have permanent or portable restrooms. Thanks > > for creating the proposal. > > agreed. > > > A node for the location of a trailhead make sense. But help me understand > > when a trailhead way or relation would apply. I would suggest explaining > it > > on the wiki. > > I think the basic issue is that people do not conceptualize "trailhead" > as the literal junction of the trail and the road that it crosses. The > trailheed is a place with some extent, arguably an area, that covers the > parking area and any other associated amentities, and has specific trail > access points which are the junction of the trails and the > parking/builtup area, even if the trails begin again on the other side > of the car road. So it's an area with some specific nodes that are on > the way of the area and also on a trail. > > > I would also characterize a tailhead as an access point to a trail > instead > > of the beginning of a trail. > > agreed, and it's not just any place you can get to the trail, but a > place that people are intended to use to start on the trail. > > (I am pretty sure Clifford and I agree,, but explaining that in case > there's a US-centric difference in meaning lurking here.) +1 -- @osm_seattle osm_seattle.snowandsnow.us OpenStreetMap: Maps with a human touch
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