Yes I know... I trust nobody will rely on OSM for their life, unless the rescue service itself checks and guarantees that the data is 100% correct and complete.
But it's nice if they are mapped. Fr gr Peter Elderson Op ma 9 dec. 2019 om 23:25 schreef Warin <61sundow...@gmail.com>: > On 09/12/19 19:43, Peter Elderson wrote: > > > Jmapb <jm...@gmx.com>: > >> On 12/8/2019 6:44 PM, Peter Elderson wrote: >> >> > >> > Could you envision a node passed by two hikes, and being a checkpoint >> > for the one and nothing special for the other? >> >> Camino de Santiago ( https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/153968 ) >> comes to mind. Hikers doing the whole route carry passports that are >> stamped at checkpoints along the way, to document completion of the >> route. Hikers not attempting to complete the whole route probably >> wouldn't have the passport and wouldn't bother with the checkpoints. >> > > I have walked many "Camino" sections in Italy. The "checkpoints" are just > stamps, you can get them at many shops, hotels, restaurants, tourist info > points and the like on the way. They will stamp anything for anyone who > asks. There is no register, nothing is checked. I would not call them > checkpoints and I would certainly not attempt to map them. In Nederland, I > don't know about shops, hotels and restaurants. > On the other hand, there are special places like convents and some > churches where pilgrims can stay the night and eat very cheap or free. They > would check and maybe register the pilgrim's passport, I guess. These > points would merit rendering and routing, I think. I don't know if it helps > to tie it to a particular route though. It's a POI passed by one or more > routes. The map can show it, routers can use it and it can be exported in a > gpx or kml. > > It's one of those things I would not map unless I can be reasonably sure > it will be maintained and used for actual rendering, routing and/or export. > > > There are checkpoints that are used for safety. These are checked by > search and rescue services when people are overdue, or tracks get closed by > fires or very bad weather. They are not tourist 'look at me, this what I > have done' type things... but thing to prevent death. > > > _______________________________________________ > Tagging mailing list > Tagging@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging >
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