[Tagging] Roundtrip and closed loop in relations

[Peter Elderson]

If a route ends where it begins, it's a roundtrip, but you don't need to tag that because it's in the relation. The only thing I find useful is tagging roundtrip=yes when the route is not a true closed loop, but still catalogues for hikers as a roundtrip, even though it may have branches and shortcuts.

For automated checks closed_loop=yes might come in handy. If the tag is there but the route is not a true closed loop, it needs maintenance in OSM.

Mvg Peter Elderson

> Op 19 dec. 2019 om 22:40 heeft Martin Koppenhoefer <dieterdreist at gmail.com> het volgende geschreven:
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>> On 19. Dec 2019, at 22:16, Volker Schmidt <voschix at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> you have changed the meaning of the tag from inluding the possibility of a loop to exluding it.
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> it may be too early to change definitions, but previous discussions have shown that there was confusion about the roundtrip tag also before, and the definition that start and end of the route have to be the same is also satisfied with actual roundtrips (A-B and back).
> IMHO we should discourage the roundtrip tag altogether and establish alternative tags for the cases that should be covered (loops and back and forth or oneway) if they are required.
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> Cheers Martin 
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