Last week-end I went hiking along the coast from Honfleur to Trouville-sur-Mer. As I wondered what distance I walked, I turned to Openstreetmap routers... And did not find my answer: beaches are not considered as highways.
I thought about adding paths to beach sections that I consider walkable... But, while some of those beaches have an identifiable path along their length, for the most part this would be tagging for the router. I fail to imagine a beach that is not walkable. So, should the routers use natural=beach the same way as highway=path+surface=(sand|gravel|*) ? The question of routing across natural=beach brings back the past debate about highway=pedestrian+area=yes - most routers do not route over areas. I just dug this thread, which goes along the same lines as my reflexions (https://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/talk-us/2014-July/013280.html) but does no definitely concludes either. My conclusion is that I should open wishlist entries for my favorite routers... Is it a good idea ? _______________________________________________ talk mailing list [email protected] https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
