Thanks to the 9 or so of you that responded here and the 2 on the Talk page.
A few points: * My definition of a trailhead as "the point at which a trail begins" was a dictionary definition. Others such as Oxford define it a "place where a trail begins". I think it is clear from that and from the excellent examples that Javbw gave that a trailhead is quite often thought of as an actual area (sometimes named) and not just an access point, regardless of how we choose to map it. Updated the proposal page with a new definition. * If the majority of points that serve as access to a trail fall within the boundaries of larger trailhead area, then I agree that a trailhead as an actual relation type is definitely overkill. That part of the proposal stemmed from my poor understanding of relations. * Agree that it doesn't make sense to have a trailhead way (open, non-area). I was thinking that the trailhead in the access point definition could actually be a short path, but in that instance it would be either a small area or a node. * I'm intrigued by the idea of separating the trailhead area from the access point. leisure=trailhead + entrance=trailhead makes the most sense to me. That way, one could still map a smaller trailhead (maybe a small turnout and a sign) with just the entrance tag. I saw mention of a tourism=trailhead but am not sure how this fits into all of this. questions: 1) For the instances in which the access point falls outside of the area, could we map a leisure=trailhead and entrance=trailhead and then group them into a site relation? 2) Currently, many maps/spatial databases outside of OSM represent trailheads as points, regardless of the size of the area. If represented as point in OSM for simplicity sake, would it be appropriate to attach bunch of yes/no tags for bathrooms, parking, information boards, etc? One of my motivations is for people to be able to locate and get information about trailheads and accompanying features and it's not always possible to micro-map the separate objects. -geobrando
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