[Tagging] tag for portages?

[Warin]

On 22/02/2015 1:37 PM, Dave Swarthout wrote:
> Thanks for bringing this up. Canoe routes and their connectors is a 
> topic that needs work.
>
> In the present case and to answer your question, I would prefer portage=*
>
> This would leave open multiple possibilities for values, yes/no, 
> canoe. kayak, etc., that might more fully describe the portage.The 
> other two are too limited or specialized, IMO.

Yep, the broader the key the better .. you never know what things will 
crop up in the future.

>
> Another issue regarding canoe routes which needs to be addressed at 
> some point in the future is that there is, to my knowledge, no way to 
> tag the waterway portions of a canoe trail or route.

I'd think that canoe routes should be done similar to bicycle routes... 
maybe mountain bike as they have some system for the difficulty of the 
route..

There should be an OSM wiki page on it.

>
> Cheers,
>
> Dave
>
> On Sun, Feb 22, 2015 at 3:14 AM, Brad Neuhauser 
> <brad.neuhauser at gmail.com <mailto:brad.neuhauser at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>     Hi, I'd like to add some tags for canoe portages
>     (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portage) in wilderness areas. These
>     would be trails tagged highway=path plus some tag to designate
>     that they're used for portaging between lakes. I have found three
>     different tags that are currently used to tag portages (there may
>     be others?), and am wondering if anyone has recommendations about
>     what would be best.
>
>     1) portage=* (223 objects)
>     http://taginfo.openstreetmap.org/keys/portage
>     2) whitewater=portage_way (227 objects)
>     http://taginfo.openstreetmap.org/tags/whitewater=portage_way
>     3) canoe=portage  (67 object)
>     http://taginfo.openstreetmap.org/tags/canoe=portage
>
>     Cheers,
>     Brad
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