On Monday, May 09, 2011 04:50:35 PM Alexandros Papadopoulos wrote: > The right kink shown at http://osm.org/go/Zc93G@e0M- (if it's not live > yet, you should be able to see it by clicking the "+" on the map and > then the "data" overlay) captures my dilemma. Following the marked > trail we would have walked on due NW back to the guidepost, and > rejoined the "Long Path". > > I currently chose to: > 1. break the way in two > 2. clearly mark the "shortcut" section as such (by name)
Seems fine. > 3. not using the "foot=designated" tag for the shortcut. Since it's not a designated trail, yes, foot=designated is inaccurate. Perhaps highway=path (generally used throughout OSM for generic, rural trail)? > What's the right thing to do in a case like this? This is useful data > for the map in case of emergency, but I don't want this to turn into a > mainstream trail either! I don't think its presence on OSM (or _any_ map that isn't posted at the trailhead) will turn it into a mainstream trail. IMHO, worry about tangible accuracy (i.e. you've GPS recorded the path, so people know where it goes), and work on other details later. -- Samat K Jain <http://samat.org/> | GPG: 0x4A456FBA If someone had told me I would be Pope one day, I would have studied harder. -- Pope John Paul I (511) _______________________________________________ newbies mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/newbies
