[Tagging] Winter sports share the same way

[Tod Fitch]

In the areas I cross country ski at in the California mountains many trails are used by both nordic skiers and snowshoers. Since I am ski centric I've tended to tag them as piste:type=nordic. Could one simply tag them as piste:type=nordic;snowshoe? A bit ugly and the difficulty is an issue as the skill level required for snowshoeing a trail can be quite different from skiing it.

For what it is worth, I have been using piste:type=skitour only on those general directions that are not groomed or obvious trails (in my area that would be summer roads and old logging drags). Decision being made based on the need for map and compass or route finding skills.

I could go for relations which would solve the multiple use and multiple difficulty issues. I would have to revise my paper map rendering software to support that though.

-Tod



On Jan 9, 2014, at 10:16 AM, yvecai wrote:

> Scott, I relay your question to the tagging mailing-list: As I am a mapper and a renderer, I may not be partial :)
> 
> I was face recently with a piste shared by alpine skiers and sleds and I choose the easy way: I just tagged the way for skiers.
> This is not satisfactory, I know.
> 
> With relations, one can make one relation by activity, however it won't be appropriate to tag piste:difficulty for nordic.
> 
> Yves
> -------- Original Message --------
> 
> I really like your OSM renderer for ski areas.  I'm using it to map out some backcountry skiing
> areas in Southwest British Columbia, particularly near Whistler BC.  I have some questions,
> and some suggestions for improvements:
> 1. In my area it is very common for backcountry trails to be used for both backcountry skiing
> and snowshowing.  Can a way (or relationship) be tagged for both snowshoeing and ski touring?
> If so, how?  I was thinking that I would use piste:type=hiking;piste:grooming=backcountry for
> snowshoe only, piste:type=nordic;piste_grooming=backcountry for ski only and piste\:type=skitour
> for trails that permit both.  Or should I just tag the piste for the primary use and then add ski=yes
> or snowshoe=yes?
> 
> -Scott
> 
> 
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