Wether they are following another route is not relevant since it’s a separate 
relation.

Matthieu Gaillet

> On 19 Oct 2020, at 14:33, Wouter Hamelinck <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> Are there any EV routes in Belgium that are not also LF or RV?
> 
> Wouter
> 
> On Mon, 19 Oct 2020, 12:29 Matthieu Gaillet, <[email protected] 
> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
> Things are actually much less obvious and deserve a real second thought 
> before taking position : it just came up to my mind that much of the Eurovelo 
> network is still currently completely virtual (work in progress), yet 
> deleting in from our map would be totally irrelevant since this routes are 
> actually existing by the simple fact that thousands of users are using it.
> 
> Matthieu Gaillet
> 
>> On 13 Oct 2020, at 19:21, joost schouppe <[email protected] 
>> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
>> 
>> I think we shouldn't actively map purely virtual routes. But there's a lot 
>> of info that only lives on paper and still is relevant to OSM. So I find it 
>> hard to give it a hard no. What is essential though, is that we don't make a 
>> mess of the tagging. A route, right now, is something you can expect to see 
>> waymarked. If someone starts mapping virtual routes, they should definitely 
>> be put in their own data model.
>> 
>> Op di 13 okt. 2020 om 13:27 schreef Matthieu Gaillet <[email protected] 
>> <mailto:[email protected]>>:
>> 
>> That might be true but apply as well to signposted trails on the fled… I’m 
>> not fully convinced. 
>> 
>> But it is true that other websites or apps are specialised into publishing 
>> “virtual" trails and that might be something pertaining to the OSM project.
>> 
>> Matthieu Gaillet
>> 
>>> On 13 Oct 2020, at 13:20, Wouter Hamelinck <[email protected] 
>>> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Hi all,
>>> 
>>> I follow those who propose to limit ourselves for the mapping purposes to 
>>> what is waymarked on the ground.
>>> Taking routes from other sources (be they official or not) makes everything 
>>> so fluid that we will end up with a huge mixed bag of gpx files that were 
>>> at some point in time on some website of an authority, routes that are 
>>> actively promoted, routes that were actively promoted for some event a few 
>>> years ago and still can be found somewhere but are no longer maintained, 
>>> routes where nobody really knows where they come from but they sound kind 
>>> of official...
>>> It will get messy...
>>> 
>>> Wouter
>>> 
>>> On Tue, 13 Oct 2020, 09:51 Francois Gerin, <[email protected] 
>>> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
>>> +1 for the "end user's perspective".
>>> 
>>> From my point of view, two key rules make the ground for OSM as pointed out 
>>> in several places of the documentation:
>>> 
>>> 1. Think to end users
>>> 
>>> 2. Map what really exists
>>> 
>>> "Map what really exists" is visible in many places in the docs, and this is 
>>> indeed important, up to some "threshold".
>>> "Think to the end users" is much less visible, but is visible anyway.
>>> 
>>> I'm afraid that, being driven mostly by technical profiles/mappers, the 
>>> "Map what exists" rule seems to take the precedence because it is more 
>>> visible.
>>> 
>>> According to me, "Think to the end users" should be the first rule, in 
>>> terms of priorities.
>>> Followed by "Map what really exists", at the very same priority as "Use 
>>> your common sense" which is also very visible in the docs...
>>> 
>>> => My 2 cents.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On 13/10/20 09:37, Matthieu Gaillet wrote:
>>>> At first I was going to agree with Tim and s8evq but hey, the world is 
>>>> changing and from an user perspective, having itineraries on the map is a 
>>>> plus, wether they are signposted or not. I personally never follow sign 
>>>> posts, I just follow ‘a' route on my OSM-sourced GPS.
>>>> 
>>>> Regarding the question "what should be mapped or not", I believe the 
>>>> itineraries should appear in OSM only if their are proposed or designed by 
>>>> an official operator, not mr nobody. That’s enough to keep quality, not 
>>>> staying aside nice initiatives (even if virtual), and stay close to 
>>>> exhaustive when it comes to official itineraries.
>>>> 
>>>> After all, a route, sign posted or not, is in a sense always virtual.
>>>> 
>>>> Matthieu
>>>> 
>>>>> On 13 Oct 2020, at 08:49, Tim Couwelier <[email protected] 
>>>>> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>> I'm inclined to go by 'mapping verifiable ground truth'. Which means no - 
>>>>> don't add them unless signposted along the way.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Op di 13 okt. 2020 om 08:45 schreef s8evq <[email protected] 
>>>>> <mailto:[email protected]>>:
>>>>> I do not think they should be in OSM, and I wouldn't mind deleting them. 
>>>>> :)
>>>>> 
>>>>> First of all, they are harder to keep up to date and verify.
>>>>> Secondly, like you said, where do you draw the line. Who's routes do we 
>>>>> add and who's not? 
>>>>> 
>>>>> For example, Natuurpunt and some of the local tourism offices already 
>>>>> have 'virtual' hikes, where they only suggest which node numbers to 
>>>>> combine. On the ground, nothing is marked. I don't think this should be 
>>>>> in OSM.
>>>>> 
>>>>> If I get this correctly, 'Randonnées en Boucle' (SGR) are hikes made out 
>>>>> of parts of existing GR trails? I wouldn't add that. The possibilities 
>>>>> are just endless...
>>>>> 
>>>>> On Mon, 12 Oct 2020 19:57:59 +0000 (UTC), Stijn Rombauts via Talk-be 
>>>>> <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>> > Hi,
>>>>> > 
>>>>> > There is a guideline or rule that only waymarked hiking/cycle/... 
>>>>> > routes should be added to OSM. Not everyone agrees and there are some 
>>>>> > non-waymarked routes in OSM because nobody, not even me, dares to 
>>>>> > remove them.
>>>>> > Anyway, that rule/guideline is getting in trouble because some official 
>>>>> > routes are not waymarked anymore.
>>>>> > Provincie Vlaams-Brabant enlarged the 'wandelnetwerk Getevallei', but 
>>>>> > the new nodes and routes are not waymarked anymore (too expensive). But 
>>>>> > there is a map, a website and an app. [1]
>>>>> > The municipality of Profondeville has the project '1000 bornes' (40 
>>>>> > parcours pour vélos de route et VTT): only gps-tracks on route-you. [2]
>>>>> > More will probably follow (or perhaps already exist).
>>>>> > 
>>>>> > So, what do we do? Or where do we draw the line? Because the line 
>>>>> > between what can be considered as official routes or not, could (in the 
>>>>> >                     future) become very thin. Or what do we do with the 
>>>>> > 'Randonnées en Boucle' (SGR)? What if Natuurpunt/Natagora starts with 
>>>>> > 'virtual' walking                     routes?
>>>>> > 
>>>>> > What is your opinion?
>>>>> > 
>>>>> > Regards,
>>>>> > 
>>>>> > StijnRR
>>>>> > 
>>>>> > P.S. The new map of 'wandelnetwerk De Merode' has OSM as background 
>>>>> > layer. Thanks to everyone who contributed.
>>>>> > 
>>>>> > [1] https://www.toerismevlaamsbrabant.be/pagina/werken-wandelnetwerken/ 
>>>>> > <https://www.toerismevlaamsbrabant.be/pagina/werken-wandelnetwerken/>
>>>>> > [2] https://www.profondeville.be/loisirs/sport/1000bornes 
>>>>> > <https://www.profondeville.be/loisirs/sport/1000bornes>
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