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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 09/12/19 19:43, Peter Elderson
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data-smartmail="gmail_signature">Jmapb <<a
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Peter Elderson wrote:<br>
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> Could you envision a node passed by two hikes, and
being a checkpoint<br>
> for the one and nothing special for the other?<br>
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Camino de Santiago ( <a
href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/153968"
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comes to mind. Hikers doing the whole route carry passports
that are<br>
stamped at checkpoints along the way, to document completion
of the<br>
route. Hikers not attempting to complete the whole route
probably<br>
wouldn't have the passport and wouldn't bother with the
checkpoints.<br>
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<div>I have walked many "Camino" sections in Italy. The
"checkpoints" are just stamps, you can get them at many
shops, hotels, restaurants, tourist info points and the like
on the way. They will stamp anything for anyone who asks.
There is no register, nothing is checked. I would not call
them checkpoints and I would certainly not attempt to map
them. In Nederland, I don't know about shops, hotels and
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<div>On the other hand, there are special places like convents
and some churches where pilgrims can stay the night and eat
very cheap or free. They would check and maybe register the
pilgrim's passport, I guess. These points would merit
rendering and routing, I think. I don't know if it helps to
tie it to a particular route though. It's a POI passed by
one or more routes. The map can show it, routers can use it
and it can be exported in a gpx or kml.</div>
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<div>It's one of those things I would not map unless I can be
reasonably sure it will be maintained and used for actual
rendering, routing and/or export.</div>
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There are checkpoints that are used for safety. These are checked by
search and rescue services when people are overdue, or tracks get
closed by fires or very bad weather. They are not tourist 'look at
me, this what I have done' type things... but thing to prevent
death. <br>
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