2009/11/30 Roy Wallace <[email protected]>: > On Mon, Nov 30, 2009 at 9:25 PM, Martin Koppenhoefer > <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> An area of grass is - to me - not a path. A path, IMHO, is something >>> that exists independently of people walking or not walking on it (i.e. >>> usually you can *see* that it resembles a path). >> >> -1, a path is either planned and constructed (the ones you are refering to) >> or it "creates itself" by frequent use (e.g. shortcuts on grass). IMHO the >> latter are even more valueable to the project because they are usable but >> you don't find them in other maps. > > A shortcut through grass that you can see, sure! e.g. > http://s0.geograph.org.uk/photos/18/97/189701_92c9a5d5.jpg > > But if you can't see it - sorry - you're not going to convince me that > there is a path. > > If you can see some grass, sure, map that. But just being able to walk > on the grass does not turn the grass into a path. Otherwise, in any > area of grass there would actually be *infinite* overlapping, > criss-crossing "invisible-paths". :P >
Perhaps what we need here is a tag that says you can walk anyway you like within this area, Like a large town squares, playing field, etc I know that places like Scotland there is a "Right to Roam" but for most of us, we need to keep to paths but sometimes areas are less strict.... Walking routing software could see this area and take the shortest route across the area. Peter _______________________________________________ talk mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
