thanks Mike - that seems to make sense. now, of course, the rhetorical question is should I walk them or just offset them from the main highways that they are set parallel to? ;-)
k. On Sun, Jul 12, 2009 at 10:55 AM, Mike Harris <[email protected]> wrote: > I do a lot of this and would strongly encourage the use of route > relations (type=route, route=foot, name=sli_na_slainte, ref=123 etc.). They > allow all the tags needed for the route while not disturbing the tagging of > the highways or requiring new tags. > > Mike Harris > > > ------------------------------ > *From:* Ken Guest [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* 12 July 2009 01:56 > *To:* Discussion of Open Streetmap in Ireland; Talk Openstreetmap > *Subject:* [OSM-talk] Path to Health/Slí na Sláinte routes > > It occurred to me while looking for examples of what constitutes > "Completeness" with regards to the mapping of a town, and also after > checking whether my attempts at marking up a portion of a cycle-route > between Nenagh and Cloughjordan were correct, that there are also > established walking routes in most Irish towns. > > I'm referring to the "*Slí na Sláinte" *routes as developed by the Irish > Heart Foundation, which typically range from 3-6 kilometres in length. > > So anyway...my questions are: > 1//how should these be tagged in OSM > 2//Has anyone already started tagging these? > > I've read http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Walking_Routes and am > slightly unsure of how to proceed. Tagging highways with lwn_ref values > might be the way to go? > > > > k. > > -- > http://blogs.linux.ie/kenguest/ > > -- http://blogs.linux.ie/kenguest/ _______________________________________________ Talk-ie mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ie
