[OSM-newbies] Should power line access trails be mapped

[Steve Bennett]

Hello,
  I'm the mapper in question who put them there. Here's the response I sent
Gavin:
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Thanks for getting in touch. Yeah, I've been adding "fixme" tags like that
when I'm just mapping from imagery and don't know much about whether the
track is actually public or whatever.

>I would think they should not be mapped. What do you think?

I can't see any reason not to? Even if they're not open to public vehicles
(which I'm assuming is the case), they might be useful for a hiker or
cyclist. Power line service tracks sometimes make good mountain bike trails
as they're frequently very steep, rough, etc.

Is this specific example useful? I dunno - it's hard to tell. But generally
I think stuff that exists should be mapped.

PS See how it renders on cycletour.org http://bit.ly/1iRyGzZ
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Steve


On Tue, Dec 10, 2013 at 12:59 PM, ianmac nz <ianmacnz at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi
>
> If they are a real world feature and mapped accurately I would say leave
> them
>
> Although you don't see a use for them, others may, now or in the future.
>
> You could try contacting the maper to discuss with them esp the meaning of
> the FIXME tag.
>
> Cheers
>
>
>
>
>
>
> On 10 December 2013 09:19, Gavin Scott <gavincscott at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Within a national park in Australia there are various power lines that
>> run through it, on account of there being a hydro electricity generating
>> scheme within its boundaries. The national park has its own Management
>> Trails which are labelled on paper maps and are used by all and sundry for
>> access within the park. Leading off these management trails are various
>> access trails that were put in by the hydro authority that lead to their
>> power poles. These trails are not maintained, usually dead end and are
>> short. Other than accessing the power poles these trails are useless for
>> others.
>> I have noticed some one is devoting their efforts to mapping these
>> "trails" using satellite imagery.
>>
>> I believe the mapping of these trails to the power poles is not correct.
>> I might add they often label these trails with the tag FIXME.
>> Is it considered opinion that these trails should be mapped?
>>
>> If not what do I do with these trails labelled FIXME? Do I just delete
>> them?
>>
>> thanks
>>
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