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<p>I looked at some of this a few years ago when mapping Cranberry
Pond conservation land and the Holbrook State Forest on the south
shore, around here: <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://osm.org/go/ZefVSu5rM">http://osm.org/go/ZefVSu5rM</a>-<br>
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<p>Some trails here have individual names and others are de-facto
named after their blaze color, e.g. "Red trail". In the former
case, I tagged them with the blaze color and symbol (shape), e.g:</p>
<p>highway=path<br>
name=Wiggin<br>
colour=red<br>
symbol=square</p>
<p>While color and symbol isn't rendered on the default OSM layer,
I've used this data on my own maps.</p>
<p>Something like the above seems like the cleanest solution to me,
although Joe's suggestion, name="Wiggin (red)", may be an
acceptable compromise.<br>
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For unofficial trails, I'm inclined to map them as any other trail
(i.e. what's on the ground) with all other relevant attributes
(surface, width, trail_visibility). I agree with Joe that it's
better to differentiate between official and unofficial trails with
access tags, such as access=yes vs access=permissive (or
access=private if applicable) rather than noting it in the name tag.<br>
<br>
- Lars<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 10/5/2017 4:10 PM, Alan & Ruth
Bragg wrote:<br>
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ms",sans-serif;font-size:large;display:inline">Joe
Holmes recently contacted me with some interesting thoughts
on trail marking. </div>
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<div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"trebuchet
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About 20 days ago you worked on trails in the new area just
south of<br>
Annurnsac Conservation Land. You are being inconsistent in how
you are<br>
marking the blaze colors. Sometimes just "Red", sometimes
"blue blazed",<br>
sometimes "Main Trail (yellow blazes)". I suggest that you
leave off the<br>
word "blazed" or "blazes".
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<div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"trebuchet
ms",sans-serif;font-size:large;display:inline">I agree
and will remove "blaze, blazed, blazes" I think the type of
trail and blaze color needs to be specified.</div>
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<div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"trebuchet
ms",sans-serif;font-size:large">name=Main Trail
(yellow) works for me.</div>
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<div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"trebuchet
ms",sans-serif;font-size:large;display:inline">Concord
yellow=main, red=secondary, blue=connecting</div>
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<div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"trebuchet
ms",sans-serif;font-size:large;display:inline">Bedford:
blue=main, orange=secondary, yellow=access</div>
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<div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"trebuchet
ms",sans-serif;font-size:large;display:inline">Joe "</div>
What we do in Acton is for a unnamed, but blazed trail (most
of them) we<br>
just name it the color of the blazes. Our named trails have
the name and<br>
the color. Our display software picks up on the color in the
name, and<br>
draws it in that color, and suppresses the color in the name.
For<br>
unblazed trails, we give no name.
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ms",sans-serif;font-size:large;display:inline">"</div>
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You also have a lot of trails named "social trail". If by this
you mean<br>
a trail on private land with no official public access, I
suggest you<br>
tag it in OSM as access=private. And don't name it, unless it
is<br>
actually a trail called "social trail". This is what we do.
And our<br>
display software suppresses showing any private trails.
<div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"trebuchet
ms",sans-serif;font-size:large;display:inline">"</div>
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style="font-family:"trebuchet
ms",sans-serif;font-size:large;display:inline">I've
always wondered how to tag a trial that is not
"official". When I'm mapping in the field, I explore
every right turn to it's end. </div>
</font></span><span style="font-family:"trebuchet
ms",sans-serif;font-size:large;color:rgb(136,136,136)">This
often leads me off formal public trails.</span></div>
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style="font-family:"trebuchet
ms",sans-serif;font-size:large;display:inline">I
will also tag a trail that clearly goes onto private land
like someone's back yard with access=private however if
the trail is on any land in the Mass GIS open space layer
I would not.</div>
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<div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"trebuchet
ms",sans-serif;font-size:large">I started using
"social trail" when a more experienced mapper suggested it
to me. There was a proposal for "<a
href="http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Proposed_features/Social_path"
moz-do-not-send="true">social_path</a>" It was withdrawn
in favor of <code
style="font-family:monospace,Courier;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:rgb(249,249,249);border:1px
solid rgb(221,221,221);border-radius:2px;padding:1px
4px;font-size:14px"><a
href="http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:highway%3Dpath"
title="Tag:highway=path"
style="text-decoration-line:none;color:rgb(11,0,128);background:none"
moz-do-not-send="true">highway=path</a></code><span
style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px"> plus </span><code
style="font-family:monospace,Courier;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:rgb(249,249,249);border:1px
solid rgb(221,221,221);border-radius:2px;padding:1px
4px;font-size:14px"><a
href="http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:access%3Dno"
title="Tag:access=no"
style="text-decoration-line:none;color:rgb(11,0,128);background:none"
moz-do-not-send="true">access=no</a></code><span
style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px"> and </span><code
style="font-family:monospace,Courier;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:rgb(249,249,249);border:1px
solid rgb(221,221,221);border-radius:2px;padding:1px
4px;font-size:14px"><a
href="http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:informal"
title="Key:informal"
style="text-decoration-line:none;color:rgb(11,0,128);background:none"
moz-do-not-send="true">informal</a>=yes</code></div>
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style="font-family:"trebuchet
ms",sans-serif;font-size:large;display:inline">How
should I tag the trail when:</div>
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color="#888888">
<div class="gmail_default"
style="font-family:"trebuchet
ms",sans-serif;font-size:large;display:inline">It's
not posted as "No Trespassing"</div>
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color="#888888">
<div class="gmail_default"
style="font-family:"trebuchet
ms",sans-serif;font-size:large;display:inline">It's
posted "No Hunting"</div>
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color="#888888">
<div class="gmail_default"
style="font-family:"trebuchet
ms",sans-serif;font-size:large;display:inline">It's
used by mountain bikers as a jump or stunt trail.</div>
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color="#888888">
<div class="gmail_default"
style="font-family:"trebuchet
ms",sans-serif;font-size:large;display:inline">It's
on public land but not on the town trial map.</div>
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