[OSM-newbies] Stepping stones?

[ael]

Tyler wrote:
> My suggestion is to map the rocks individually if they're large enough,
> otherwise it's just a foot crossing, right?
> highway=pathfoot=yes/designated

Thanks for the suggestion, but this is much smaller scale. The river is 
only about 3 metres wide here, and the blocks are too small to mark 
individually. The crossing certainly isn't designated. Nevertheless this 
is a significant crossing because it is the only way to cross onto a 
largish "island", between two branches of a river. The other branch is 
rather bigger.

I want to mark this accurately with disabled users in mind. If it is 
just marked as a footway (pathfoot was a typo?) then someone in a wheel 
chair, for example, has no chance. Even an ordinary walker will want to 
be warned that appropriate clothing and shoes are needed.

As far as I can see, we don't have a tag for this sort of thing. A new 
tag, "stepping_stones" seems like an obvious choice?

ael

>> I have just mapped a place where substantial blocks have been laid in a
>> river to form stepping stones. For the moment, I have tagged this as
>> highway=ford. I found that on the wiki, but not stepping_stones.
  [...]
>> I don't feel comfortable with "ford": no sort of vehicle could cross.
>> Even a bicycle would present great problems. I suppose that I could
>> qualify with things like bicycle=no. It probably needs "water=low" as