Hi > From: tagging-requ...@openstreetmap.org > Subject: Tagging Digest, Vol 35, Issue 53 > To: tagging@openstreetmap.org > Date: Wed, 29 Aug 2012 09:20:30 +0100 > > Send Tagging mailing list submissions to > tagging@openstreetmap.org > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > tagging-requ...@openstreetmap.org > > You can reach the person managing the list at > tagging-ow...@openstreetmap.org > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Tagging digest..." > > > That pesky Belgian is subscribed to this list as well. It's funny how in > The Netherlands and France my announcement was met with: oh good, we've > been tagging them with hiking all along. (Only one person in each country > to be fair). Whereas in Germany I seem to have kicked a hornet's nest. > > Anyway, all I'd like to see is that all long distance routes (nwn) and all > routes of the numbered node network (rwn) and all local routes (lwn) can be > tagged in a consistent way. Since we had gotten the impression that foot > and hiking had become synonyms and that hiking seemed to be becoming the > favourite and also what Potlatch uses in its preset we were considering to > change our Belgian wiki page about them. (We started out with > route=foot/network=foot). > > As far as I'm concerned, if we change the wiki page, then we better also > change the data all in one go. > > I guess we could live with nwn and rwn use route=hiking and lwn use > route=foot. > > Or we can simply keep with all of them as route=foot. We don't really care > what it is, but then change the global wiki page on walking routes and ask > the Potlatch developers to use route=foot. > > route=hiking can then be used for routes going through the mountains and > the wilderness with a backpack strapped on, which would be a lot more > appropriate, linguistically speaking. > > What I'd prefer to get rid of is the hodge podge we have now, where some > routes have route=foot and others have route=hiking, even when they belong > to the same numbered node network. > > PolyglotHi I ve busy walking on foot and hiking in the Netherlands for some > time, Im just satisfied to know that theres a path. At first Im not > interested in the users or functions of it. There a lot of routes in the > country (Not just here but all over Europe) with just a description (book) > and no sign at all, are those routes not countable in OSM ? A path is just a > path that youll be able to go on your own feet.foot - yeshighway - > footwayname - law 5route - nordic_walkingowner - lawroute - hikingor any > other route that uses this track or path. But whats the difference between > hiking and foot, the distance or the backpack ? All long distance footpaths > are cut into daytrips. So that you dont have to take a large pack for just a > day.Dont make it to complex by building all the possible functions into the > definition of the path. Or tag it likewise. What to do with a footpath that > is used for several outdoor sports, how to tag that, a complete list ? Go > ahead like I did, keep it simple.Greetz Hendrik
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