A few years ago, I mapped beach access paths, too: http://ow.ly/yZT3G But I did not map along the beach as there was no clearly defined path or boardwalk, nor could I see a compelling case for doing so. I can see a reason if driving, horses, bikes compete for access, or there are areas that permit/restrict access to the beach.
-- SEJ -- twitter: @geomantic -- skype: sejohnson8 There are two types of people in the world. Those that can extrapolate from incomplete data. On Thu, Jul 10, 2014 at 8:51 AM, Bryan Housel <br...@7thposition.com> wrote: > I say go ahead and add it, though `highway=track` (with appropriate access > tag) might make more sense if vehicles drive along the beach. > > Here in NJ, people have also been mapping the paths that lead down to the > beach from the boardwalks, but they generally aren’t connected. I’m a > runner, so I would find it useful to know which stretches of beach are > passable and what the surface is like. > > Thanks, Bryan > > > > On Jul 9, 2014, at 12:50 PM, Elliott Plack <elliott.pl...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > OSM US: > > I've been using some routing engines to map fitness routes (e.g. Strava) > that use OSM data. Along our US coasts, there are beaches. The beaches I'm > familiar with are popular with walkers and joggers to go up and down the > shore, since access is generally open to anyone along the water's edge. I'm > considering adding a `highway=path` along the beach to facilitate this. I'd > add the connections to the walking paths between parking lots and the beach > as well. > > For uninterrupted strips of sandy beach, would a path be appropriate to > indicate walkability? > > How the map looks now in iD: http://i.imgur.com/2EQ06BR.jpg > What I'd propose to do (note the connections): > http://i.imgur.com/i8dj6lQ.jpg > Area of the examples: > http://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=18/38.45143/-75.04957 > > Thanks, > > -- > Elliott Plack > http://about.me/elliottp > _______________________________________________ > Talk-us mailing list > Talk-us@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us > > > > _______________________________________________ > Talk-us mailing list > Talk-us@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us > >
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