On Mon, Nov 10, 2008 at 11:25 AM, David Carmean <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > I need help figuring out how to tag some local multi-use recreational > trails, and the > current discussion on osm-talk isn't making it any easier :) > > What I'm trying to do is map the San Francisco Bay Trail and connecting > trails. > For the moment I'm ignoring the portions of the "trail" that are overlayed > on > public roads with car traffic. > > Here's an example: a large portion of the trails are on top of levees > around > salt evaporation ponds around the Bay. Some of these segments are gravel > roads > that are 3 or 4 meters wide, where a passenger car could easily drive 50 > kph if > legally permitted. In fact service vehicles (government, landowner) do use > these roads from time to time, but primarily they're used for foot, > bicycle, > and/or horse travel. Are these "tracks" or "paths"? > > I need to account for the fact that in places, these roads are gated, and > access changes from public to private. On the private sections, it doesn't > make much sense to me to tag them for bicycle/foot/horse traffic, but I > need something that will still render. > > This may be the wrong thing to do, but in many cases I rely on the > Osmarender > templates to infer which of several choices is likely the most popular > method. > Sounds analogous to fire roads, which I would tag as track. For the private sections, just mark them access=private without worrying about all the modes of transport. Karl
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