[OSM-newbies] Long Distance Hiking Routes

[Thomas Wood]

The answer to this, is to use a route relation.

Relations group nodes and ways which share a particular
characteristic, in this case that they're a part of the Ouse Valley
Way, multiple relations can contain a particular way, so you can, for
example, also have a section which belongs to a cycle route without
any tagging conflict.

The wiki page http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Relation:route
contains all the details you could ever need, including step-by-step
instructions on how to create and apply relations to your ways.

You may also want to take a look over
http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/WikiProject_United_Kingdom_Long_Distance_Paths
which is tracking the mapping progress of the UK's LDPs.

2009/6/30 Trevor Hook <t_k_hook at yahoo.co.uk>:
> I've started mapping the Ouse Valley Way which is a long distance path
> running through East Anglia but I've run into a problem.
>
> The route is using footpath/bridges etc which have already been named,
> when I go to name the route by selecting all the paths used by the route
> I've mapped so far, JOSM appears to be overwritting the name name of the
> individual components of the route (i.e. a bridge can only have 1 name
> tag but could have several routes running over it).
>
> How am I suppose to handle this situations? Select everything that makes
> up the route and name it Ouse Valley Way anyway?
>
> Thanks
> Trevor
>
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Regards,
Thomas Wood
(Edgemaster)