[OSM-newbies] Long Distance Hiking Routes

[Chris Jones]

Trevor Hook wrote:
> 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?
Dont name the nodes and ways that make up a route. As you've already 
said they often have their own name.

Use a relation to group the objects and then add the route metadata to it.

See http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Relations/Routes

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Chris Jones, SUCS Admin
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