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      has - the ways that form the route ... and <br>
      3 relations with the roles 'alternate' that form alternative paths
      .. one of them is a closed section that was the original path but
      is in conflict with a shooting range. <br>
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      On 23/04/19 08:04, Joseph Eisenberg wrote:<br>
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        <div dir="auto">Do you have a link to an example? </div>
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      <div dir="auto">I’m reminded of the Oregon Coast bicycle route,
        which has alternative section s that leave the main highway to
        follow a scenic but longer road through the hills or closer to
        the coast. There are also alternatives that follow a Main Street
        (high street) through a village.</div>
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      <div dir="auto">See pdf of route: </div>
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        <div dir="auto">My first thought is something like
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        <div dir="auto">alternative which leads the main route but then
          rejoins. This is similar to side_stream in waterway
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        <div dir="auto">Perhaps approach or entrance segments could be
          tagged role=link - echoing highways tagging? But that might
          imply a connection to another route. </div>
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        <div dir="auto">Joseph</div>
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          <div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Apr 23, 2019 at 6:49
            AM Peter Elderson <<a href="mailto:pelderson@gmail.com"
              moz-do-not-send="true">pelderson@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
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            <div dir="ltr">Long walking routes often have a main route
              and several additions of various types. If these additions
              are not waymarked, they are not recorded in OSM. Easy.
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              <div>But often, they are. On maps these are usually shown
                as a striped line, while the main route is usually a
                continuous line.
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                  <div>I would like to enable OSMrenderers and data
                    users to render/process the additions/alternatives
                    differently than the main route. </div>
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                  <div>One solution just for rendering would be to
                    optionally add "striped" to the colour tag. Or
                    dotted. </div>
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                  <div>A more general solution would be something like
                    alternative=yes, additional=yes, approach=yes. A tag
                    that covers all the variants, I can't think of a
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                  <div>the other way around: main_route=no?</div>
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