The mountains around here have seen several waves of unsuccessful settlement. The soil is just too poor to sustain a substantial human presence. The scars of old abandoned roads have continued to erode. I'd use the proposed feature for abandoned tracks like https://flic.kr/p/oNCZVD where the roadway is worn to bedrock and the banks on either side are 5m tall or more. I think that fits "hollow way" - it doesn't fit "cutting" since the lowering of the roadway was the action of wind, rain and ice.
On Fri, Jul 22, 2016 at 5:34 PM, Martin Koppenhoefer <dieterdre...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > sent from a phone > >> Il giorno 22 lug 2016, alle ore 22:34, ael <law_ence....@ntlworld.com> ha >> scritto: >> >> Actually, having done a bit more research, I am not sure that anyone >> knows whether they were originally "cuttings" designed to offer shelter >> from prevailing wind and rain. Or whether they are indeed the result of >> erosion by use and weather over the millenia. > > > around here are very old cuttings in the rock dating to pre-roman times > > http://tuqui.it/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/image-12.jpeg > http://www.maneggiobelvedere.it/Vie%20cave%20etrusche%20e%20paesi/Via%20Cava%20di%20San%20Giuseppe%20a%20Pitigliano.jpg > > These are particularly impressive, but shorter ones can be found a lot. I've > I have mapped a few and used historic=cutting with historic:civilization. > Here is a short one: > http://www.openstreetmap.org/way/130536519#map=19/42.01982/12.39154&layers=D > > IMHO there should be a difference for hollow ways and cuttings in rock. > > cheers, > Martin > _______________________________________________ > Tagging mailing list > Tagging@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging _______________________________________________ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging
