[OSM-newbies] howto mark a usable, but not designated mountain trail

[Andre Engels]

On Wed, May 11, 2011 at 12:49 PM, Alexandros Papadopoulos
<alexandros.papadopoulos at gmail.com> wrote:

> Should I:
>
> 1. Leave the half-mapped official trail as it is
> 2. Delete the whole trail
> 3. Enter inaccurate data in OSM by estimating how the path would go,
> just to complete the cycle?
>
> Unless I hear strong opinions to the contrary, I'll go with #1. It
> won't look great on the map, but is the most accurate/responsible
> option.
>
> #2 would be a bit of a shame as the mapped official track is useful to
> have on the GPS, as there are some tricky parts.
>
> #3 would look nice and _probably_ not confuse people on the ground too
> much, as there are signs there, but I'd rather stay away from such
> shenanigans.

It depends in my opinion on how inaccurate the data in #3 would be. If
you know roughly how the track runs, but not every small curve in it,
then I would put it in, with perhaps a note or fixme tag to say that
it should be mapped more precisely. If you can do no better than guess
even at the question of where it comes out, then better not put it in,
maybe set a note 'continues' at the end node of the trail.



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André Engels, andreengels at gmail.com