+1 If don't see this as a problem. If more clarity is needed, add tags for specific aspects. E.g "vigour" scale if one exists. Boot type recommendation scale, where 1=flipflop and 10=hoverboots.
Mvg Peter Elderson > Op 11 jan. 2020 om 14:59 heeft Joseph Eisenberg <joseph.eisenb...@gmail.com> > het volgende geschreven: > > Back in August there was a thread titled "Merging tagging scheme on > wiki pages of Hiking, route=hiking, route=foot and Walking routes" > which led to a new template > https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Template:Tagging_scheme_for_hiking_and_foot_route_relations > - used on route=hiking and route=foot pages. > > However, I'm disappointed that the text ended up claiming this: > > "route=foot is used for routes which are walkable without any > limitations regarding fitness, equipment or weather conditions. As a > guideline, you could say that walking shoes (at a pinch, even > flip-flops) are adequate for this type of walking trail." > > This is all quite subjective. Folks here in Indonesia climb 3500 meter > mountain passes in flip-flops. > > "route=hiking is used for routes that rather match Wikipedia's > definition: "A long, vigorous walk, usually on trails, in the > countryside"). As a guideline, you could say that a hiking trail needs > hiking boots because you will encounter sharp rocks and/or heavy > undergrowth and/or muddy terrain and/or have to wade through shallow > streams." > > Again, very Western / European perspective to mention "needs hiking boots". > > I asked about this on the wiki talk page, and Brian de Ford said: > > "Google walking versus hiking and you will get many results agreeing > that there is a distinction. No two of them entirely agree on what the > differences are, but there is core agreement that hiking is more > vigorous than walking. One insists that there must be a change in > elevation (just about every road and sidewalk around here involves > changes in elevation, so by that definition I hike to the shops). > Several agree that equipment required makes a difference (style of > footwear and need for a cane/stick). Many say that the nature of the > surface makes the difference. Others say it's the terrain. There's a > difference, but it may be hard to agree on definitions for OSM. BTW, > parts of the UK also have "hillwalking" (which appears to be hiking > where hills are involved) and rambling (essentially unmappable because > there is no route)." > > It sounds like there is no verifiable difference between route=foot > and route=hiking, so database users should not expect these tags to be > used in a consistent way. Each mapper has there own idea of what they > mean. > > - Joseph Eisenberg > > _______________________________________________ > Tagging mailing list > Tagging@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging _______________________________________________ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging