[OSM-newbies] Multi Use Fitness Trail and Relations

Mike N. niceman at att.net
Mon Jul 6 01:36:18 BST 2009


There is a new local "Green ways" fitness trail being constructed, which
will eventually span up to 75 miles along a river-way.   It consists of
multiple trail segments with different segment names.   At the moment, some
segments which are open are not yet connected.

   That seems to be the perfect use of a relation, which can also be used to
associate with the neighborhood connecting trails.

 1.)  The trail is multi use: both pedestrian and bicycle.  I could mark the
individual trails with "highway=footway" and "bicycle=yes".   However with a
route relation, I have a choice of only foot or bicycle, but not both.   Is
there any special way to handle a multi-use route relation?

 2.)  Is there any special way to render a relation with Mapnik, etc?

 3.)  I added park benches, but now I see that no standard renderer will
show them.  Are there any renderers more suited to hiking trails that will
show park benches and associated items that walkers and cyclers are
interested in?

   This trail has much local interest, and I hope to be able to create a
better interactive map on OpenStreetMap with more detail than just a GPX
trace on Google or the paper maps currently available.

  Thanks,

 





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