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

[Samat K Jain]

On Wednesday, May 11, 2011 03:18:13 AM Andre Engels wrote:
> > +1
> > Map the real trails, map the forest, map the physical obstacles (fences,
> > cliffs) if you like but don't map shortcuts in the forest or in the
> > grassland.
> 
> Hmmm... Yes, I now see I didn't read the message well enough. If they
> indeed just went through the forest without there being some kind of
> trail or path or whatever, then it's not something we should be
> mapping.

+1 for removing it as well.

I also misread the OP — I thought there was an unofficial path of some sort and the question was whether to map it. Instead, it appears he just "bushwhacked" it? If there's no path, there's nothing to be communicate — it shouldn't be on the map.

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