On Sat, 2010-06-26 at 20:50 -0400, Greg Troxel wrote: > Val Kartchner <val...@gmail.com> writes: > > I've wanted to tag the trail heads for the paths I've added. I've > > searched for such a tag in the wiki with no luck. It would be like the > > tag for parking: An area would indicate parking as well while a point > > may indicate parking. > > trailhead as a point is an interesting concept, and hard to pin down. > It seems to apply to bigger trails more than anything else. > Conceptually, what distinguishes something you'd call a trailhead? To > me, a trailhead doesn't necessarily have good parking, but somehow > stands out as a hike start/end location because the trail that comes to > the road is particularly important. > > If a trailhead is just amenity=parking and information=board, we have a > way to represent those. > > So I think what's really missing is some way to label some > highway=footway as more important than others.
I've been thinking about this question for a few days. Maybe the only way to distinguish a trailhead is that it has been designated as this by some trail authority. For instance, the Ogden River Parkway (http://weberpathways.org/trails_display.asp?ID=30 ) crosses several streets but only certain places are designated trailheads. On the West Haven Trail (http://weberpathways.org/trails_display.asp?ID=32 ) the trailhead is located where there is public parking and a paved trail (not a sidewalk) all of the way to the Weber River Parkway. What other way could we use to designate trailheads? Many GPS units have icons and searches for trailheads. What criteria do they use? - Val - _______________________________________________ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us
