On Thu, May 21, 2020 at 12:42 AM Andrew Harvey <[email protected]> wrote: > On Thu, 21 May 2020 at 12:35, Warin <[email protected]> wrote: >> The exclusion of the black trail as a possible 'excursion' in the main >> route is a judgment call. I'd be very careful about it. >> >> Why is one excluded where the other is not? Is that is going to be >> difficult to explain in a simple way? > > It should depend if it's signposted as part of the route or not, since this > tagging only applies to signposted routes. If there is an excursion or > alternative route that isn't signposted as part of the route then it > shouldn't be included in the relation.
It's still tricky. Around here, few trails are actually signposted; some don't have a sign anywhere! They're marked with paint blazes in the woods, guideposts in the fields, and cairns above the tree line. And it's still possible to waymark a side trail as _associated_ with the main route. The Appalachian Trail, for instance, is marked with a 2x6 inch vertical white bar. Side trails that 'belong' to it are marked wtih the same 2x6 inch vertical bar, only in blue. The 'belongs to' association is a judgment call. I know of only one maintaining club in my broad area that publishes a list, and that's for their quirky 'hiked the Long Path from side to side' award: https://www.greenmountainclub.org/the-long-trail/side-to-side/ The excursion may be marked generically, but still be understood to 'belong to' the trail that it leaves. On many preserves around here (which use a more sophisticated waymarking system than the simple paint blazes), side trails to campsites and latrines are marked with little (~10 cm) marker disks bearing the appropriate icon: https://www.flickr.com/photos/ke9tv/10282365273 Given the statement of purpose, the locals will know what to do, and the non-locals will argue here on the tagging list about whether a 'properly' tagged object must follow their cultural assumptions. -- 73 de ke9tv/2, Kevin _______________________________________________ Tagging mailing list [email protected] https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging
