On Sat, May 30, 2020 at 10:16 AM Mateusz Konieczny via Tagging <tagging@openstreetmap.org> wrote: > May 30, 2020, 15:46 by wes...@gmail.com: >> Is highway=path a type of way (wilderness trail or whatever term we use) >> or a way for non-specified/mixed use? > > way for non-specified/mixed use, that due to its unfortunate name is sometimes > used and interpreted as indicating a wilderness trail > > would it be good summary of a situation?
This thread would not have gone on as long as it has if there were a consensus on your statement. Mind you, I'm not arguing the contrary. At this point, I don't know what it means. Whatever the world decides, there are a lot of things that will have to be retagged or have more information provided. To Daniel's list, I'd add objectives: - Avoid basing routing decisions on the absence of a tag; every attribute should have a specific negation available. - Avoid requiring mappers to be expert in a specific sport before a way can be identified as unsuitable for that sport. For instance, one should not be required to be knowledgeable enough to assess `mtb_scale` before being able to assert "this way is not suitable for commuters on road bikes." Better nuance for hiking trails is really low on my list, except at the very lowest end of the difficulty scale: can someone NOT prepared for hiking (for example, using a mobility aid, or wearing high heels, or with small children in tow) be routed down it? Hiking trail nuance is also not something that needs to inform routing decisions made by a computer; at least to me, the idea of using an autorouter to plan a hike boggles the mind! We have abundant ways already to tag specific hazards and conditions. I can read. -- 73 de ke9tv/2, Kevin _______________________________________________ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging