<div dir="ltr">At this point, I settle for just requiring that it's a named location visibly designated as access point for one ore more recreational routes. <div><br></div><div>So just a node tagged highway=trailhead and name=<Name of the trailhead>. </div><div><br></div><div>Which node? Well, if it's just the start with a name on a guidepost, use the guidepost node. If it's an information board with the name, use that. If there is a flagpole or a stele or say a statue of the pioneer who walked it first, use that. If there is none of that, use the location which presents itself naturally as a starrting point when you get there. If there is no such location, then it's not a trailhead!</div><div><br></div><div>Anything else: optional, map and tag as seems appropriate.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">Op ma 31 dec. 2018 om 16:23 schreef Dave Swarthout <<a href="mailto:daveswarthout@gmail.com">daveswarthout@gmail.com</a>>:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div>I think tagging trailheads as nodes would work for the great majority of the trailheads I've seen over the years. The first node of a designated footway can be tagged as highway=trailhead, a name or other related tagging added to that, and other amenities such as parking lots, waste bins, toilets and the like can be tagged as nodes, or in some cases, relations. Many of the trailheads I've mapped have no other facilities associated with them, they are merely the beginning of a designated footway or hiking trail. In the definition in the Wiki, one could make it legal for relations to be tagged this way in order to accommodate those trailheads that encompass a range of amenities along with the trailhead itself.</div><div><br></div><div>Dave</div><div><br></div><div>PS: Happy New Year 2019<br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">On Mon, Dec 31, 2018 at 9:52 PM Tobias Wrede <<a href="mailto:list@tobias-wrede.de" target="_blank">list@tobias-wrede.de</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">Hi eveyone,<br>
<br>
Am 21.12.2018 um 19:55 schrieb Peter Elderson:<br>
> Well, in Nederland I'm through, got them all. To initiate a rendering <br>
> on osm-carto the usage should increase by some 500+ (now on 1400+). I <br>
> need Germany or Italy!<br>
<br>
While on vacation I have mapped trail heads in the US pretty much the <br>
way Kenny has described it. I've never come across the trail head tag so <br>
far. In the US trail heads I have encountered were often marked as such <br>
having some signpost giving information on length, difficulty, <br>
accessibility etc. And often there was a road sign saying "xyz trail <br>
head". Often there is a single or very few trails departing there and <br>
each trail only has one or two access points that are called a trail <br>
head. (disclaimer: I am sure there are other situations but these are <br>
the ones I have encountered while on vacation).<br>
<br>
In Germany, though, the concept of trail head is not so widely used for <br>
hiking trails. Very often trails are interconnected forming a mesh and <br>
are accessible from various locations. What we rather have are marked <br>
parking lots called "Wanderparkplatz", i. e. "hiking parking lot". There <br>
is even an official traffic sign: <br>
<a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datei:Zeichen_317_-_Wandererparkplatz,_StVO_1992.svg" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datei:Zeichen_317_-_Wandererparkplatz,_StVO_1992.svg</a>. <br>
The more fancy ones have a map of the surroundings showing all hiking <br>
trails of the area, possibly with length, hiking duration and <br>
difficulty. Often there is a waste bin, sometimes a pickinick table, <br>
very often it's only a few parking spots off the road crossing a forest. <br>
These hiking parking lots are very often not dedicated to a certain <br>
trail, though. Often you find them in places where there are footways <br>
but no marked or named hiking trails at all.<br>
<br>
As far as I see we don't currently designate these hiking parking lots <br>
as such. They are just amenity parking connected to some paths/hiking <br>
routes plus possibly having an information board mapped. I wouldn't be <br>
opposed somehow tagging the Wanderparkplatz designation, not sure a <br>
highway-tag would be right with the amenity, though.<br>
<br>
Having this said there are of course also some trail heads in Germany <br>
that more fit to what I described for the US or what you might have in <br>
the Netherlands. But they are the minority here I would say.<br>
<br>
all the best for the new Year<br>
Tobias<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
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