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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 12/22/14 3:27 AM, Bryce Nesbitt
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<div>I've frequently wanted to map "the trails that peter
out" for exactly the reason you state.</div>
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<div>The choices as a mapper seem wrong:</div>
<div>1) Map the trail : thus encouraging use of a flawed
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<div>2) Don't map the trail. The casual map reader thinks
OSM is missing something.</div>
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<div>Possible solutions include a node type of "becomes
indistinct", or "dead end".<br>
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<div>How to mark the way is trickier.</div>
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perhaps a new access tag..<br>
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access=deprecated<br>
access=not_recommended<br>
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something else?<br>
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richard<br>
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