If there is clearly a "main" trail and the rest are feeders (i.e. how
to get on/off the trail) or stubs to viewpoints or other features,
then yes I would just name the main trail. I think that is what your
example is showing, even though it is actually quite short through a
local suburb.
As a general rule, I try to stop and imagine what would be most
useful to the person actually looking at the map - obvious, but I (we
all?) forget sometimes. Here I'd try to decide whether I want to
emphasize that there is a trail that one can walk end to end, or here
is an interesting network of trails that one can wander around on.
Just my personal views!
Mike
At 01:32 PM 6/25/2008, Victor Snesarev wrote:
Should I use the name tag when mapping a system of connected trails
that has a name, but where individual trail branches do not have names?
For a specific example take a look at the Kildaire Farms Trail
system I started mapping here:
<http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=35.75814&lon=-78.79265&zoom=16&layers=0B0FT>http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=35.75814&lon=-78.79265&zoom=16&layers=0B0FT
I named the small branch going North from the trail junction with
the same name as the main trail. There are other branches, some of
which are quite short, that will probably clutter the map with
"Kildaire Farms Trail" labels. I am thinking of keeping the name on
the longest way and not naming the branches. What would you do?
Thanks,
Victor
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