<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><br><br><div dir="ltr">Javbw</div><div dir="ltr"><br><blockquote type="cite">On May 25, 2020, at 1:28 PM, Andrew Harvey <andrew.harvey4@gmail.com> wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
We do have that: `sac_scale=hiking`</blockquote></div></div></div></blockquote><br><div>And that is a good example of bad tagging I want to correct. </div><div><br></div><div>There are more people walking local wilderness trails with their dog in a single day than all “backpackers” on earth in a year. Few-to-none of these are “day-hike” or “trekking” routes, yet they are most definitely “trails”. I do not need to know the sac scale to tag it as a trail. </div><div><br></div><div>And How are those routes “hiking”? There are plenty of trails not meant for hiking. Hiking is a leisure pastime. A trail is type of way. </div><div><br></div><div>I can tag a track without defining it’s tracktype=* it’s a track - _and then_ further defined by tracktype=* .</div><div><br></div><div>Do I have to know the width to tag a road? Do I need to know the number of stairs or the incline of the steps to tag it as steps? </div><div><br></div><div>No. </div><div><br></div><div>It’s a residential road. Steps. A cycleway. A trail. </div><div><br></div><div>The attributes of the way do not define it as that type of way - a named tag anyone can use does, including someone who can’t define its sac scale - or has no idea what the heck that is. </div><div><br></div><div>Trails should Have _never_ been lumped in with path. It was a _horrible_ decision, like motorways and driveways sharing a main tag because cars use both. </div><div><br></div><div>At least sub-tagging them to be able to easily separate them _and then_, when possible define further characteristics __when possible__ with more specific tags, like sac scale. </div><div><br></div></body></html>