On Wed, 25 Aug 2010 13:30:18 -0700, Greg Corradini <gregcorrad...@gmail.com> wrote: > I've been looking at a lot of hiking trails on OSM in the Cascade > Mountains near Seattle. I've noticed a few different tags in regard to > trail GPS traces > (highway=path,highway=footway,highway=trail,highway=footpath). The > wiki page on "US roads tagging" recommendations only has the following > advice to offer about trails: > > "Ways on which most motor vehicle traffic is either legally of > physically prohibitive get highway [1]=path [2], or a more specific > tag as appropriate. This category includes roads that normally > function as hiking trails because of barricades opened only > occasionally or rarely." > > I'm wondering if anyone with more OSM trail tagging experience can > clarify the last part of the first sentence -- "OR A MORE SPECIFIC TAG > AS APPROPRIATE". Has anyone done a tag count of trail-like values in > OSM to get an idea what's being used the most? Does anyone have a > opinion about a more specific tag to use for this feature?
As highway=path means no motorized traffic, it might be a footpath or cyclepath or bridleway (or others). That's the "more specific" part. Regards, Maarten > Links: > ------ > [1] http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:highway > [2] http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:highway%3Dpath _______________________________________________ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk