[Tagging] Feature Proposal - RFC - hiking_trail_relation_roles

[s8evq]

Interesting proposal.

I think it would be useful to also add to the proposal how we structure these hiking relations. 

For example:

1) Do you put the individual ways of an alternative into the main relation, with each member way of this alternative route assigned role 'alternative'. (for example https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/9214075)

2) Or do you make a separate relation for the alternative, and add this relation to a super relation containing a main relation and the alternative relation. Then assign the member roles on relation level?
(what Peter Elderson kind of does in this example: https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/9514645 collecting all variations, approaches and shortcuts in a super relation, but without assigning the roles)

Or would both methods be accepted?

Personally, I find method 2 a bit more practical for mapping.

On Fri, 6 Dec 2019 10:15:31 +0000, Michael Behrens <mfbehrens99 at gmail.com> wrote:

> https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Proposed_features/hiking_trail_relation_roles
> 
> 
> 
> There is no unique way to tag roles in hiking route relations although they
> carry a high potential for the rendering of hiking trails. This proposal
> was requsted by Sarah Hoffmann on the FOSSGIS conference. A only officially
> marked trails should be added to the relations!
> 
> Role nameExplaination
> *None* or main The main "normal" roletype for the main section of the
> hiking trails.
> forward Section of the hiking trail that can only be hiked into the
> direction of the way.
> backward Section of the hiking trail that can only be hiked against the
> direction of the way.
> alternative or alternate Tags the members of an alternative path to *main*
>  path.
> excursion Can be used on parts of the trail that leads to a viewpoint, peak
> or other. The path has to be hiked back again or else it will be a
> *alternative*.
> approach A path that is leading from a town, train station / bus station or
> parking to main hiking trail or the other way around.
> shortcut A trail that shortens the main trail.
> 
> Please write comments here:
> https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Talk:Proposed_features/hiking_trail_relation_roles
> 
> Greeting
> Michael
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