Also, the name "Van Hoevenburg Trail" doesn't necessarily mean that it passes through the Van Hoevenburg Property. That might be the name of the current land-owner, the name of a former land-owner, or simply the name of some notable person whom the trail was named after.
-- John F. Eldredge -- [email protected] "Reserve your right to think, for even to think wrongly is better than not to think at all." -- Hypatia of Alexandria -----Original Message----- From: Liz <[email protected]> Date: Sun, 30 May 2010 11:20:20 To: <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [OSM-talk] Questions regarding the mapping of hiking trails On Sun, 30 May 2010, Sami Dalouche wrote: > Hi, > > I've started contributing hiking data in the ADK, NY. > However, I have a few questions : > > Let's take the following area, for instance : > http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=44.1458988189697&lon=-73.9613342285156&zo > om=13 > > 1/ There is a trail called "Van Hoevenberg Trail". Am I supposed to add > a name="Van Hoevenberg property", or name="Van Hoevenberg Trail" one ? name = Van Hoevenberg Trail > > 2/ Now, let's say that Van hoevenberg trail were continuing after the > intersection. Would I be supposed to just repeat the name="Van > Hoevenberg Trail" property, or am I supposed to do something smarter ? > I read stuff about "relations", but I am unsure on whether this applies > to this... At first, just add name=Van Hoevenberg Trail. A relation could be used here, and can be done later. For a small trail it would be overkill > > 3/ Anything else to suggest ? Enjoy mapping > > thanks ! > Sami Dalouche > > > > _______________________________________________ > talk mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk _______________________________________________ talk mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk _______________________________________________ talk mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
