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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-AU link=blue vlink=purple style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>“off-track” here implies trail_visibility=no.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>If it’s NOT visible on the ground. And it’s NOT part of any signed route. Then it doesn’t meet the verifiability criteria and shouldn’t be mapped.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US> Josh Marshall <josh.p.marshall@gmail.com> <br><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, 25 January 2022 14:42<br><b>To:</b> Andrew Harvey <andrew.harvey4@gmail.com><br><b>Cc:</b> talk OSM Australian List <Talk-au@openstreetmap.org><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [talk-au] Deletion of walking tracks/paths<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal>Off-track when not part of an official walking route<span class=apple-tab-span> </span>Walking routes off-track without any signage or official route.<span class=apple-tab-span> </span>Should not be mapped in OSM at all, or if they are controversially edited consider not:highway=* with a note=* indicating why it should not be mapped.<o:p></o:p></p></blockquote></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Should this be limited to “within National Parks areas” or something to that effect? It contradicts the Informal Walking Track row higher up. I’m invested here… there are tons of trails in my area which I believe to be private land but have landowners that don’t mind the access, or may be crown land but public access, but either way have some well-maintained trails by volunteers. See the network of trails at <a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=17/-32.98762/151.70793">https://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=17/-32.98762/151.70793</a> for instance.<o:p></o:p></p></div></div></body></html>