On a node. (need not to attach to the way of the trail) "tourism=information;information=guide_post;name=Ye Olde Trail"
And for fun, i connect the node and way to a relation and describe the trail route further Cheers, Sam On 6/25/10, Richard Weait <[email protected]> wrote: > On Fri, Jun 25, 2010 at 9:28 AM, Stan Berka <[email protected]> wrote: >> I'd really like to be able to mark (and hopefully rendered) trailhead >> nodes. >> Is there any tag used (or may be rendered) for this? How about node with >> highway = trailhead? > > I do see 31 highway=trailhead nodes in the OSMDoc database from last year. > http://osmdoc.com/en/tag/highway/#values > > There are only 29 in the data base currently. Here is one. Mapnik, > osmarender and OpenCycleMap don't seem to render highway=trailhead > nodes, but of course you can do that yourself. > http://www.openstreetmap.org/browse/node/269837611 > > Well the trail itself should be mapped highway=* as appropriate. > Adding name="Something Trail" to the trail is helpful. > > Based on this > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trailhead > > The trailhead would be implied by the junction of the trail and the > parking lot, or connecting highway or portage, etc. would it not? > > The amenities that are available at the trailhead will vary from place > to place won't they? How about tagging the individual amenities? > > So map board and trail information would be > tourism=information > http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:tourism%3Dinformation > > Adding name="Something Trail Trailhead" to the tourism=information > node is probably not too wrong. > > I suppose adding tourism=information to the highway=trailhead node > wouldn't be wrong either as long as there was information there. > > Public toilets would be amenity=toilets > > A water fountain would be amenity=drinking_water > > Trash cans and recycling bins would be > amenity=waste_disposal > amenity=recycling > > _______________________________________________ > talk mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.o _______________________________________________ talk mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk

