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<p>I haven't seen any discussion of this tag as informal=yes or
perhaps usefully extended to informal=animal_track<br>
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<p>And FYI, there is a whole discussion on discouraged or closed
paths in talk-au where park rangers are often keen to completely
remove such paths. Opinion is split on whether that is a good idea
or whether they should stay with appropriate tagging for
navigation purposes (which as a hiker who occasionally got
confused with OS maps not showing everything on the ground - I
agree whole heartedly) and "well, it will just get put back".<br>
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<p><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/talk-au/2022-January/thread.html">https://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/talk-au/2022-January/thread.html</a><br>
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<p><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/talk-au/2022-January/015541.html">https://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/talk-au/2022-January/015541.html</a></p>
<p>Mike<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 2022-02-06 07:50, Tom Crocker wrote:<br>
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there is an issue of this becoming popular then I
guess the land owner will need to make a decision
about whether they want to discourage access on the
ground by putting up notices/fences to avoid further
erosion of the landscape. I have seen this done by
the National Trust and other organisations. <br>
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if safety is a real issue a warning notice on the
ground might be a consideration.<br>
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<div>If signs were put up then access=discouraged;
foot=discouraged tags would seem appropriate, although
again whether they are evaluated appropriately is another
matter.<br>
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