[Tagging] "new" highway tag for small and informal footpaths; trail

[Alex Mauer]

On 10/22/2010 12:09 PM, M∡rtin Koppenhoefer wrote:
> Well, beside this little detail, that some paths are formal (they are
> intended, sign posted, maintained, have maybe names, etc.) and others
> are informal, usually shortcuts, usually not very long, shall not be
> maintained, etc.

OK, but take this example:

http://www.trailville.com/wiki/Image:Photo_WI_Kettle_Moraine_Ice_Age_Trail_01.jpg

http://www.trailville.com/wiki/Image:Photo_WI_Kettle_Moraine_Ice_Age_Trail_02.jpg

Looking at those images, it’s pretty clear to me that this is what you 
mean by “trail”.

And yet it’s a “formal”, sign posted, maintained, named trail: 
http://www.trailville.com/wiki/WI_Kettle_Moraine_State_Forest_Ice_Age_Trail

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ice_Age_Trail

—Alex Mauer “hawke”