On Tue, Mar 18, 2008 at 11:49 AM, Rodrigo Moya <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Tue, 2008-03-18 at 10:55 +0000, Andy Robinson (blackadder) wrote: > > 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. > > > well, this wouldn't work really, since as I said, it is not a footpath, > it's a route going over "existing" tracks/roads/cities, which means that > lots of parts of the route can be used on a motor vehicle. >
It really doesn't matter that the way isn't itself a footpath. It's the route which is a walking route. Terms like long_distance_route don't make much sense as it doesn't tell you what it's meant for, whereas long_distance_footpath tells you that you probably shouldn't try to follow the route in a Ferrari, even if in certain parts you could get away with it. _______________________________________________ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/talk
