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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 5/31/20 3:34 AM, Daniel Westergren
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<div dir="ltr">Ok, I took the liberty of drafting a proposal for a
general description of how to map pathways (that is, all
highways that are not for motor-vechicles). See <a
href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/10PtBPFDW3EHrBHl5sy8L-_5a0xNR1w-9YXt-gmfMB_M/edit?usp=sharing"
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<div>I find the wiki terrible for collaborations like this, as
is the wiki discussion. I've therefore used Google Docs,
although I realize not all are happy with that. The document
is open for anyone with the link to view and comment and
depending on what people say we can move this to another
platform if needed. And the end result obviously needs to be
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<div>I divided the mapping/tagging of pathways into:</div>
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<li>function (highway=footway|cycleway|path)</li>
<li>legal access (access=*)</li>
<li>usability (surface, smoothness & width, basically to
denote usability for people of ordinary ability)</li>
<li>technicality (trail_visibility, sac_scale, mtb:scale and
a possible hiking difficulty tag, basically to describe a
ways difficulty in more detail)</li>
<li>additional tags (that I don't really see the use for,
such as informal=yes/no and incline)</li>
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<div>Comments are welcome. Is this a good start to clarify
this mess?</div>
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I think the reason that this is so messed up because of the desire
to tag according to function. A trail/path can have many
users/functions, but it's still a dirt path. Don't forget dirt
bikes & ATV's (<50 inchs, 127 cm) in this assessment. Many
trails are open to, and used by, everyone including motor
vehicles. Perhaps this just means that footway & cycleway are
non-motorized, and path could be. <br>
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The sermon that keeps getting repeated is don't tag for the
renderer. We shouldn't tag for a lousy renderer, but we should tag
for the user & sometimes the rules laid down are wrong.<br>
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I'm OK with taking this off this list & I can add my comments to
the google docs doc. <br>
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