<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:verdana, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:13px">I added this note because sometimes people trace spaguetti of paths in the fields, sometimes 50-100 meters. But yes, in remote areas in Nepal, the trails are very important. This is the only way to travel. All the treks routes in these areas are simply moving from one village to the other as the local people are doing.<br><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1430659088569_3020"><span></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1430659088569_3021"> </div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1430659088569_3022" class="signature"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1430659088569_3024" style="font-style:italic;color:rgb(0, 0, 191);font-weight:bold;"> <br><font id="yui_3_16_0_1_1430659088569_3023" face="garamond, new york, times, serif">Pierre </font><br></span></div><br> <div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1430659088569_3028" style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> <div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1430659088569_3027" style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> <div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1430659088569_3026" dir="ltr"> <hr id="yui_3_16_0_1_1430659088569_3025" size="1"> <font id="yui_3_16_0_1_1430659088569_3029" face="Arial" size="2"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">De :</span></b> Dan Marsh <danrok.giga@gmail.com><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">À :</span></b> Pat Tressel <ptressel@myuw.net> <br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Cc :</span></b> hot <hot@openstreetmap.org> <br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Envoyé le :</span></b> Dimanche 3 mai 2015 7h54<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Objet :</span></b> Re: [HOT] Path mapping restrictions in tasks<br> </font> </div> <div class="y_msg_container"><br><div id="yiv0760153604"><div><div dir="ltr">In that situation, I'd say it is a good idea to map any long footpaths, where there are no wide roads.<div><br clear="none"></div><div>I think the idea was to encourage people to only map major roads, where they exist, for the sake of speed and efficiency. So, people aren't wasting time mapping every short footpath.</div><div><br clear="none"></div><div>In an ideal world all paths would be mapped anyhow.</div><div><br clear="none"></div><div>The bottom line is to use your best judgement.</div></div><div class="yiv0760153604gmail_extra"><br clear="none"><div class="yiv0760153604gmail_quote">On 3 May 2015 at 12:05, Pat Tressel <span dir="ltr"><<a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:ptressel@myuw.net" target="_blank" href="mailto:ptressel@myuw.net">ptressel@myuw.net</a>></span> wrote:<br clear="none"><blockquote class="yiv0760153604gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;"><div class="qtdSeparateBR"><br><br></div><div class="yiv0760153604yqt1681103645" id="yiv0760153604yqt39246"><div dir="ltr"><div><div><div><div>The instructions for (e.g.) task #1018 say to map only paths that connect to "major road networks". I'm mapping in the Borang area from Digital Globe imagery (not the imagery listed for this task -- there is no Bing imagery here and the MapBox imagery is low-resolution). There *are* no roads, let alone road networks, in this area. If we don't map foot paths that don't connect to "road networks", there won't be any travel routes marked at all. Prior mappers in this are have started to map paths (including some well-known paths, such as the Ganesh Himal trek).<br clear="none"><br clear="none"></div>Note these areas also do not appear to have good helicopter or small plane landing sites -- they are terraced and steep.<br clear="none"><br clear="none"></div>So...can the restriction be relaxed in these remote areas that do not have roads? If the restriction is relaxed, what should the criterion be?<br clear="none"><br clear="none"></div>Also, regarding paths: In some places, paths that are well-defined for part of their length will disappear under trees, or will be hard to distinguish when they run along a terrace, or split into multiple less-distinct paths. I'm wondering if there are other sources of information about paths to and between remote villages. Perhaps trek guide companies? Old maps that could be rectified using Mapwarper? Anyone familiar with those areas who could have a look at the imagery, and advise on where an indistinct path most likely runs?<span class="yiv0760153604HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><br clear="none"><br clear="none"></font></span></div><span class="yiv0760153604HOEnZb"><font color="#888888">-- Pat<br clear="none"></font></span></div></div>
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