you may add a visibility tag, if it's rough terrain also sac_scale may apply http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:trail_visibility
On 26 Aug 2009, at 7:25 , Nick Whitelegg wrote: > I suppose this brings up all the stuff about path tagging again, > but, how > do people in general tag vague, ill-defined countryside paths? > > The sort of things I'm talking about are either very narrow and > occasionally hard to follow paths through woods, or, firebreaks in > forests > where there is some evidence of foot use but there isn't a nice path > as > such. > > Generally I've been using "width=narrow" for such instances. However, > that description not always accurate as sometimes the width of the way > isn't narrow, it's more that it's an "unfriendly" path e.g. a > firebreak > covered in rough grass, or a churned-up mud track used perhaps more by > logging vehicles than pedestrians. Nonetheless the way is open to > pedestrians, and often horses, typically on a permissive basis. > > Because there are lots of these in the New Forest, near where I > live, I'd > like to come to a definitive conclusion on this so that rendering can > distinguish between "nice" and "not nice" paths. > > Thanks, > Nick > > _______________________________________________ > talk mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk _______________________________________________ talk mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
