Is this the type of thing you are talking about: http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Proposed_features/via_ferrata
Mike On Mon, Nov 3, 2014 at 8:28 PM, johnw <jo...@mac.com> wrote: > Went hiking on mt Miyogi yesterday in Gunma, and like other steep mountain > parks, sections of the trail were near vertical or completely vertical > sections of trail that have to be climbed by chains and occasional > footholds. the longest was over 30m. the shortest was about 4m. > > http://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=16/36.2861/138.7454 > > http://www.gunmajet.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/photo_02-copy.jpg > someone posted up the route they took, and the hiking maps show the easier > trail in blue (his yellow route, it goes over a section of chain.) and the > dangerous ones in red. > Chains area also used to show access to features near the trail via chain > assisted climbing > > The current tail map needs to be expanded, and I want to work on that. but > I’m wondering how to visually show that chains are necessary. I know other > trails in other countries have similar permanent guide fixtures (cables, > ropes, ladders in the rock,) where normal hikers are expected to use them. > > now, you might think that this is considered climbing, and you’d have a > helmet, but people were scampering up the rocks, old guys and 10 year olds > alike. These “blue” sections were considered passable by regular hikers, > and the upper level sections of the mountain were all marked for > professional climbers (“red” routes with the red 危 splat) because a slip off > the trail or the chain would mean death (200m drops). > > is there some method to tagging these that is rendered (that’s not steps) to > visually show that chains or other assist devices are used? > > _______________________________________________ > Tagging mailing list > Tagging@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging > _______________________________________________ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging
