Rodrigo Moya wrote: >Sent: 18 March 2008 10:49 AM >To: Blake Crosby >Cc: talk@openstreetmap.org >Subject: Re: [OSM-talk] Tourist/Leisure Trails > >On Mon, 2008-03-17 at 14:33 -0400, Blake Crosby wrote: >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> > Hi all, >> > There is already a page in the wiki for trails >> > (http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/Mapping/Features/Trail), but >this >> > is really just tagging a way with permitted usage (such as footpath, >> > cyclepath, etc.). >> > >> > Is there any way of marking a 'trail', where a marked route which may >> > exist on other ways in part or as a whole? >> >> I think following the current bus route tagging scheme might be a good >> start? A "trail" or "walking route" is no different than a cycling route >> and bus route.. >> >> http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/Key:route >> >I miss in the route key a way for "Gran Recorrido" ("Big distance") >routes here in Spain, which are routes which cover several kms, off road >most of the time, but which use footways, normal tracks (where motor >vehicles are allowed), some roads, etc. > >So how would I tag this? Does the route need to be its own way, or >should we just tag the roads/footways/tracks the route uses with the >route tag?
I've tagged some in UK as route=long_distance_footpath as that's what they are commonly referred to here. You could also add a specific gran_recorrido=true or long_distance_footpath=gran_recorrido tag to achieve something similar that's country specific as well. Cheers Andy >-- >Rodrigo Moya <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > >_______________________________________________ >talk mailing list >talk@openstreetmap.org >http://lists.openstreetmap.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/talk _______________________________________________ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/talk
