Re: [talk-au] Deletion of walking tracks/paths

2022-01-25 Thread Little Maps
RE: > Are the issues any different for motor vehicles and cyclists? The frequency > and severity are different, the reference photos are different but I would > expect the issues and principles to be the same. Maybe just have a single > page about tracks? Hi Tony, yes, I agree, most issues

[talk-au] OSM Notes

2022-01-25 Thread Graeme Fitzpatrick
Changing subject from tracks for a minute :-), I was reading the weekly Newsletter yesterday & spotted this article https://www-openstreetmap-org.translate.goog/user/AngocA/diary/398423?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=EN&_x_tr_hl=en-GB, concerning clearing up all the outstanding OSM Notes in Colombia.

Re: [talk-au] Deletion of walking tracks/paths

2022-01-25 Thread forster
thanks for compiling the walking tracks page ... It would be good to extend this later on to have separate pages for walking tracks, vehicle tracks and MTB paths, since these issues keep coming up on the forum. Good idea, ... Vehicle tracks should be less controversial and easier. MTB paths is

[talk-au] Cape York Peninsula Aboriginal Land

2022-01-25 Thread Stéphane Guillou via Talk-au
Hi all I was reading about the Cape York Peninsula Aboriginal Land (CYPAL) here: https://go.halfcut.org/halfcut-2021/posts/healing-the-land-healing-ourselves Nominatim lists many areas that include the string in the name:

Re: [talk-au] Deletion of walking tracks/paths

2022-01-25 Thread Andy Townsend
On 25/01/2022 22:43, David Wales via Talk-au wrote: 2. Practically invisible on the ground, except for bits of red tape hanging from tree branches every 50-100 metres! Every 50-100 meters?  Luxury! :) My recollection is that the signage on the bits of the Bibbulmun Track near Denmark in WA

Re: [talk-au] sac_scale [Was: Deletion of walking tracks/paths]

2022-01-25 Thread Graeme Fitzpatrick
On Tue, 25 Jan 2022 at 19:39, Andrew Harvey wrote: > > If I were to design the ideal tag for Australia, it would be something > like: > > technicality=0-3 > > 0. Well formed, even surface (could almost walk it blindfolded). > 1. Uneven surface, trip hazards from rocks, tree roots etc. > 2. Large

Re: [talk-au] Deletion of walking tracks/paths

2022-01-25 Thread David Wales via Talk-au
In my area there are walks which are: 1. In a published local guide 2. Practically invisible on the ground, except for bits of red tape hanging from tree branches every 50-100 metres! 3. Definitely unofficial I've traced them from my personal GPX recordings, and named them according to the

Re: [talk-au] sac_scale [Was: Deletion of walking tracks/paths]

2022-01-25 Thread Andrew Harvey
On Tue, 25 Jan 2022 at 21:34, Tom Brennan wrote: > > If you have better ideas the beauty of OSM is you can tag both, so > > keep using sac_scale for it's wide support but have a new tag better > > suited to Australia which data consumers can start opting into. > It's probably easier, if less

Re: [talk-au] sac_scale [Was: Deletion of walking tracks/paths]

2022-01-25 Thread Tom Brennan
If you have better ideas the beauty of OSM is you can tag both, so keep using sac_scale for it's wide support but have a new tag better suited to Australia which data consumers can start opting into. It's probably easier, if less correct, to use an existing tag that has supporting

[talk-au] sac_scale [Was: Deletion of walking tracks/paths]

2022-01-25 Thread Andrew Harvey
On Tue, 25 Jan 2022 at 18:32, Tom Brennan wrote: > On a related (track-y), but slightly tangential note... > > Is there any consensus on the use of sac_scale as the measure for trail > difficulty in an Australian context? > > Personally, I hate the idea, because: > - Australia has little in the

Re: [talk-au] Deletion of walking tracks/paths

2022-01-25 Thread Andrew Harvey
On Tue, 25 Jan 2022 at 19:22, Little Maps wrote: > Hi Andrew, thanks for compiling the walking tracks page, it’s a great > resource. It would be good to extend this later on to have separate pages > for walking tracks, vehicle tracks and MTB paths, since these issues keep > coming up on the

Re: [talk-au] Deletion of walking tracks/paths

2022-01-25 Thread Little Maps
Hi Andrew, thanks for compiling the walking tracks page, it’s a great resource. It would be good to extend this later on to have separate pages for walking tracks, vehicle tracks and MTB paths, since these issues keep coming up on the forum. I think the section “why shouldn’t closed tracks