On Wed, Jan 16, 2019 at 5:29 PM Peter Elderson <[email protected]> wrote: > Most trailheads I have seen mapped have a name that contains the > trail/track/route name. See > https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:trailhead#Photos
That's the name of the route, not the name of the trailhead. I recognize that your beloved TOP's are named, but naming a trailhead is the exception, not the rule. Or at least near me, most trailheads don't have names of their own. They are referred to by a description - 'the Prediger Road trailhead on the Devil's Path', 'the Stony Clove trailhead on the Becker Hollow trail', 'the Elk Lake trailhead south of Mount Marcy'. For instance, one of your images: https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/File:High_Peaks_Trailhead_and_Mileage_sign_-_panoramio.jpg simply names the High Peaks Wilderness Area, which is a rather large (275000 acres == 1111 km²) place with a couple of dozen trailheads. From the names of the destinations, it appears to be a trailhead https://www.openstreetmap.org/node/4239455477 for which the en route signage would read 'Elk Lake' - the name of a nearby geographic feature https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/4094054, but that, too, names the lake, not the trailhead. The destinations shown on the sign are all in the interior of High Peaks Wilderness, with the exception of the Adirondak Loj, which is a lodging/camping facility for hikers (https://www.adk.org/stay/adirondak-loj-at-heart-lake/ https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/489821677) and has road access. The signpost doesn't describe a single route beyond Panther Gorge; the destinations listed are accessed via various different trails. I don't see a named trailhead anywhere. Naming all of the trailheads that enter HPWA 'High Peaks Wilderness Area' because that's what it says on the sign will serve only to confuse. Naming them by nearby geographic features will also be confusing, and the en route signs aren't always consistent about naming. One sign might say 'Mink Hollow', another 'Roaring Kill', another 'Elka Park', depending on whether the valley, the stream, or the settlement are used to identify the place - all three refer to the same trailhead. When the sign gives a trail name, that'll be confusing too. A long trail may have dozens of trailheads, with the signs all bearing its name. And trailheads named by the location they're near will also confuse. There are a lot of trails that converge on the grounds of the Loj, and naming them all 'Adirondak Loj' will serve no purpose. I'd say, by all means you should map the name if the trailhead has a specific name that refers to it. Putting the name of the trail, the name of the park, or the name of a nearby geographic feature on the trailhead node is not the right thing unless that formally names the trailhead as well. _______________________________________________ Tagging mailing list [email protected] https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging
