I don't know if there already is such a scheme, but it makes sense to me. In addition to tagging the trail as a whole, it would also make sense to tag any particularly difficult sections, such as using the incline= tag on steep sections, and width= on particularly narrow sections. This would allow a wheelchair user to realize "I can reach point X on the trail, but will then have to turn back".
-------Original Email------- Subject :Re: [OSM-talk] Tagging Scheme Recommendations: highway=path, footway,trail? >From :mailto:grahamjones...@googlemail.com Date :Mon Aug 30 10:41:10 America/Chicago 2010 Hi All, I think the use of the existing tagging schemes for bicycle suitability is the way to go - no point inventing another scheme. One that I would like to use though is a scale for wheelchair accessibility. I envisage a scheme along the lines of the mtb one where you could have the range: a. paved path, suitable for self propelled wheelchairs. b. A rough (maybe gravel) path for a fit user of a self propelled one, or a fit pusher. c. Passable with an 'off road' type of chair. d. for some sections the chair needs to be carried (over stiles etc.), so only suitable of the user can walk. e. not worth trying! I think we might need some finer grained assessment of c, because as my son gets bigger (or I get older!) I am finding I give up on more tracks than I used to... Does anyone know if there is such a scheme in use already, or would we need to invent a new one? Thanks Graham. On 30/08/2010, Craig Wallace <craig...@fastmail.fm> wrote: > On 30/08/2010 14:53, Steve Bennett wrote: >> So you could end up mapping "highway=path; bicycle=yes; width=1; >> surface=dirt;" in great detail, and totally miss the fact it's >> unrideable. > > Use mtb:scale and/or sac_scale, to tag how ridable/hikable it is. > > http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:mtb:scale > http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:sac_scale > > _______________________________________________ > talk mailing list > talk@openstreetmap.org > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk > -- Dr. Graham Jones Hartlepool, UK email: grahamjones...@gmail.com _______________________________________________ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk -- John F. Eldredge -- j...@jfeldredge.com "Reserve your right to think, for even to think wrongly is better than not to think at all." -- Hypatia of Alexandria _______________________________________________ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
