<div dir="ltr"><div>Abandoned is a tricky concept for a path, what make is abandoned? If there is a sign up saying track closed or keep out for re-vegetation it's clear, but otherwise it's less clear.</div><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr"><br></div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sat, 26 Sep 2020 at 01:36, Andy Townsend <<a href="mailto:ajt1047@gmail.com">ajt1047@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
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<div>Once it's definitely disappeared, I'd have no qualms about
deleting it altogether. Sometimes I update the tags on a path
before deleting it to something like "note=nothing on this
alignment any more". <br></div></div></blockquote><div> </div><div>If there is still some evidence on the ground, I think using the lifecycle prefix is preferable because usually it takes a few years for a path to be completely revegetated and provides a more accurate picture of what's happening on the ground and helps data consumers track the it through the different states.</div><div><br></div><div><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sat, 26 Sep 2020 at 02:06, Mike Thompson <<a href="mailto:miketho16@gmail.com">miketho16@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div>I use:</div><div>disused:highway=path/footway/etc</div><div>or</div><div>abandoned:highway=path/footway/etc</div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>I have used that too where it really is closed via signage, but if it's just overgrown from lack of use, it could still be in active use. </div></div></div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sat, 26 Sep 2020 at 02:55, Andy Townsend <<a href="mailto:ajt1047@gmail.com">ajt1047@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">Indeed - <a href="https://taginfo.openstreetmap.org/keys/overgrown" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://taginfo.openstreetmap.org/keys/overgrown</a> has some usage <br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>I didn't know about that, usually I've just been adding description=overgrown, but that tag is better. It's in need of some discussion and documentation though to make it not subjective.</div><div><br></div><div>I suggest overgrown=yes would apply if you're constantly brushing against the vegetation (not just occasionally but to the the point that you're almost always in contact with the vegetation for the whole segment).</div><div><br></div><div>Then light if it has negligible affect on walking pace, dense if it slows you down considerably.</div></div></div></div></div>