Here is a Swedish version of that NY snowmobile map that uses OSM data:
http://skoterleder.org/#!map/7/62.4692/17.6440
transaltes to: "snowmobile routes.org"
https://github.com/skoterleder/skoterleder.org
On Tue, Sep 27, 2016 at 6:42 PM, Kevin Kenny
wrote:
> Yes, exactly. People tag the ways
Yes, exactly. People tag the ways, but nobody's been working on creating
the relations for the long, nearly continuous routes. (Qualifiers: In this
country. As far as I can tell. I'd be delighted to be wrong.)
On Tue, Sep 27, 2016 at 12:30 PM, Brad Neuhauser
wrote:
> Minnesota has a bunch too. h
Minnesota has a bunch too.
http://dnr.state.mn.us/snowmobiling/interactive_map/index.html I'm sure
it's the same for other states. I personally don't snowmobile but have just
noticed many ways tagged in OSM since they sometimes follow bike routes. :)
On Mon, Sep 26, 2016 at 1:34 PM, Kevin Kenny
I agree that route=snowmobile makes more sense. Since there were exactly
zero uses of the tag in the US, I missed it entirely. (Then again, I don't
know how many jurisdictions have numbered snowmobile routes overlaid on the
highway and trail networks!)
Are we agreed, then, on the following?
-
It may not be "officially recognized" but route=snowmobile is used some
[0], and IMHO makes a lot more sense than route=road!
[0] http://taginfo.openstreetmap.org/tags/route=snowmobile
On Mon, Sep 26, 2016 at 8:39 AM, Kevin Kenny
wrote:
> I thought sure that I had raised this question before, b
I thought sure that I had raised this question before, but a quick troll
through the archives doesn't seem to show it.
New York State has an extensive network of designated snowmobile routes,
intended to be long-distance continuous paths. In some cases, they follow
highways, or logging roads on st