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<div dir="ltr">Hi<br> <div>> From: tagging-request@openstreetmap.org<br>> Subject: Tagging Digest, Vol 35, Issue 53<br>> To: tagging@openstreetmap.org<br>> Date: Wed, 29 Aug 2012 09:20:30 +0100<br>> <br>> Send Tagging mailing list submissions to<br>> tagging@openstreetmap.org<br>> <br>> To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit<br>> http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging<br>> or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to<br>> tagging-request@openstreetmap.org<br>> <br>> You can reach the person managing the list at<br>> tagging-owner@openstreetmap.org<br>> <br>> When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific<br>> than "Re: Contents of Tagging digest..."<br>> <br>> <br><br>> That pesky Belgian is subscribed to this list as well. It's funny how in<br>> The Netherlands and France my announcement was met with: oh good, we've<br>> been tagging them with hiking all along. (Only one person in each country<br>> to be fair). Whereas in Germany I seem to have kicked a hornet's nest.<br>> <br>> Anyway, all I'd like to see is that all long distance routes (nwn) and all<br>> routes of the numbered node network (rwn) and all local routes (lwn) can be<br>> tagged in a consistent way. Since we had gotten the impression that foot<br>> and hiking had become synonyms and that hiking seemed to be becoming the<br>> favourite and also what Potlatch uses in its preset we were considering to<br>> change our Belgian wiki page about them. (We started out with<br>> route=foot/network=foot).<br>> <br>> As far as I'm concerned, if we change the wiki page, then we better also<br>> change the data all in one go.<br>> <br>> I guess we could live with nwn and rwn use route=hiking and lwn use<br>> route=foot.<br>> <br>> Or we can simply keep with all of them as route=foot. We don't really care<br>> what it is, but then change the global wiki page on walking routes and ask<br>> the Potlatch developers to use route=foot.<br>> <br>> route=hiking can then be used for routes going through the mountains and<br>> the wilderness with a backpack strapped on, which would be a lot more<br>> appropriate, linguistically speaking.<br>> <br>> What I'd prefer to get rid of is the hodge podge we have now, where some<br>> routes have route=foot and others have route=hiking, even when they belong<br>> to the same numbered node network.<br>> <br>> Polyglot</div><div>Hi </div><div>I ve busy walking on foot and hiking in the Netherlands for some time, Im just satisfied to know that theres a path. At first Im not interested in the users or functions of it. There a lot of routes in the country (Not just here but all over Europe) with just a description (book) and no sign at all, are those routes not countable in OSM ? </div><div>A path is just a path that youll be able to go on your own feet.</div><div>foot - yes</div><div>highway - footway</div><div>name - law 5</div><div>route - nordic_walking</div><div>owner - law</div><div>route - hiking</div><div>or any other route that uses this track or path. But whats the difference between hiking and foot, the distance or the backpack ? All long distance footpaths are cut into daytrips. So that you dont have to take a large pack for just a day.</div><div>Dont make it to complex by building all the possible functions into the definition of the path. Or tag it likewise. What to do with a footpath that is used for several outdoor sports, how to tag that, a complete list ? Go ahead like I did, keep it simple.</div><div>Greetz Hendrik</div><div> </div></div>
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