Re: [Talk-us] Mapping rail trails

2019-07-11 Thread stevea
Yes, thank you, Minh. I forgot to mention the importance of using the cycle_network tag, as it can both disambiguate routes which might be named/numbered the same or similarly AND coalesce them together into a coherent collection of routes which are clearly "all members of a single network." A

Re: [Talk-us] Mapping rail trails

2019-07-11 Thread Minh Nguyen via Talk-us
On 2019-07-11 17:27, Greg Troxel wrote: Thanks for the nice summary. I have one minor issue to raise a question about: stevea writes: As for rail trails, very nice work, Richard! Rail trails are usually classified as local (lcn) if they are for cyclists, although some are sponsored at a sta

Re: [Talk-us] Mapping rail trails

2019-07-11 Thread stevea
Phil! I know it seems "like it just makes sense" to combine Maryland and DC relations, but there are rather deliberate reasons to keep these separate. One is state-level, the other is federal-level (is one), but the "state at a time for route relations" is a fairly well-established method of t

[Talk-us] Whole-US Garmin Map update - 2019-07-09

2019-07-11 Thread Dave Hansen
These are based off of Lambertus's work here: http://garmin.openstreetmap.nl If you have questions or comments about these maps, please feel free to ask. However, please do not send me private mail. The odds are, someone else will have the same questions, and by asking on the talk-us@ l

Re: [Talk-us] Mapping rail trails

2019-07-11 Thread Greg Troxel
Thanks for the nice summary. I have one minor issue to raise a question about: stevea writes: > As for rail trails, very nice work, Richard! Rail trails are usually > classified as local (lcn) if they are for cyclists, although some are > sponsored at a state-level: these are properly tagged r

Re: [Talk-us] Mapping rail trails

2019-07-11 Thread stevea
> Kevin Kenny wrote: >> And route relations are important for sites like Waymarked Trails - >> it totally ignores walking and cycling routes that are not indicated >> with relations, which is why I wind up doing routes for even >> relatively trivial stuff like >> https://www.openstreetmap.org/re

Re: [Talk-us] Mapping rail trails

2019-07-11 Thread Phil! Gold
* Richard Fairhurst [2019-07-11 01:56 -0700]: > It would be good to have a distinct C&O Canal Trail relation over and > above the USBRS 50 relation, for example. You mean aside from these? https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/1392951 https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/9773990 I suppos

Re: [Talk-us] Mapping rail trails

2019-07-11 Thread Richard Fairhurst
Kevin Kenny wrote: > And route relations are important for sites like Waymarked Trails - > it totally ignores walking and cycling routes that are not indicated > with relations, which is why I wind up doing routes for even > relatively trivial stuff like > https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/