Adding a `note=*` would not really help much here. The issue is that the
paths show up on the maps viewed by people. If we want to to give
platforms the ability to not render animal paths, they should be easy to
filter out. You can't do that with a generic note. I'm not sure if
something already exists for animal paths like this but I would also be
in favor of creating a specific tagging scheme for this. Without going
into the entire `highway=path` discussion, as alternative to
`highway=animal_track` we could maybe add a more specific version along
the lines of `path=animal`.
As a quick solution: A simple `access=no` might also do the trick of
course, but that doesn't describe the actual path.
Cheers, Casper
On 2020-11-30 21:27, Seth Deegan wrote:
You could add a `note=*` to every element. You should probably contact
the mappers of that region and explain to them not to add them.
I agree that in this case, mapping animal tracks is /especially
/necessary.
If someone isn't going to map it now, they're going to do so in the
future (as you've seen), incorrectly.
On a related idea, OSM should probably implement "Area Notes" into the
API to notify mappers how to map specific areas.
lectrician1 <https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/User:Lectrician1>
On Mon, Nov 30, 2020 at 1:44 PM s8evq <s8e...@runbox.com
<mailto:s8e...@runbox.com>> wrote:
Hello everyone,
With the Belgian community, we have been in contact with
Natuurpunt, our main national nature conservation organization.
They are slowing using more and more OSM and recently came to us
with the following remark.
"Some mappers have added paths that are not actually real paths
for humans, but simply flattened walking routes made by the cows.
I assume that these are visible on aerial photographs, and in the
field they may also look like trails. However, it is really not
the intention that people should walk there. They change regularly
and we also do not want to put signs 'forbidden entry' all over
the area.
We could delete them from OSM, but then of course soon later, an
active micromapper might add them again."
Most people seem to think paths made by cattle or wildlife should
NOT be mapped at all
(https://www.openstreetmap.org/user/Pascal%20Cuoq/diary/13333
<https://www.openstreetmap.org/user/Pascal%20Cuoq/diary/13333>).
However, when there are micromappers around, they tend to map ALL
THE THINGS. Not mapping these "animal trails" that you know about,
means they will likely show up on the map as a simple
highway=path, added by somebody else. Therefor, we would prefer to
map them with a tag like highway=animal_track, to make sure
mappers see that this thing was analyzed before and should NOT be
mapped as a regular path. Do you have any suggestions for a tag or
a different approach?
Thanks.
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