Hi all, There is already a page in the wiki for trails (http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/Mapping/Features/Trail), but this is really just tagging a way with permitted usage (such as footpath, cyclepath, etc.).
Is there any way of marking a 'trail', where a marked route which may exist on other ways in part or as a whole? Primarily I am thinking a walking trail (say called 'Dead man's leap' ;-) which might start at a parking location (trail head?) and follow a road for 1km, footpath for 2km, ford a stream, etc.. These might also be more extensive, such as 'Route 66' (USA) or 'Cowboy Trail' (Alberta, Canada). If not, I would propose another category of way; which would be mapped as an additional way at the same locations as the normal ways. There could be a node 'trail head' for the start/trail head/staging post, and 'trail point'(??) for directional/informational locations. Specifying a trail type (car, walking, horse, cycle, snow-mobile, etc) would also be sensible. [Thinking more as I type this, is this not also applicable for bus routes?] In terms for rendering I think that this would not normally be rendered on the normal maps, but a 'tourist map' might include these as a dot-dashed(??) line. Cheers, Mungewell _______________________________________________ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/talk
