[Tagging] Definition and usage of Key:mtb:scale:imba?

[Simon Poole]

IMHO, the problem is using mtb:scale:imba
<https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Talk:Key:mtb:scale:imba> in place
of mtb:scale for normal trails which I suspect the intent of the
original wording was to avoid that happening.

Simon

Am 22.04.2020 um 10:53 schrieb Andrew Harvey:
> I've been using mtb:scale:imba on any kind of trail where signage at
> the site notes an IMBA rating, in this way it's verifiable based on
> the sign. I don't know what "bikepark" and "north shore" mean here but
> while some of these trails which have an IMBA rating can be
> consider together as part of a collection of trails and that
> collection does have a name sperate to the individual tracks (which I
> guess is what bikepark means) others which do have signposted IMBA
> ratings are standalone and not part of a named collection of trails.
>
> So if it has an official or signposted IMBA rating, it should be
> tagged regardless of the trail being "natural" or with "artificial
> obstacles" and regardless if it's part of a mountain bike "park" or not.
>
> On Wed, 22 Apr 2020 at 17:29, Joseph Eisenberg
> <joseph.eisenberg at gmail.com <mailto:joseph.eisenberg at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>     Another user would like to redefine the definition of
>     "Key:mtb:scale:imba" 
>
>     See suggestions
>     at https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Talk:Key:mtb:scale:imba:
>
>     This tag was approved in the
>     proposal https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Proposed_features/mtb:scale
>     - with the description "The IMBA Trail Difficulty Rating System
>     shall be used for bikeparks. Especially for North Shore. It is
>     adapted to mtb trails with artificial obstacles. For "natural"
>     trails it is advised to use the mtb:scale/mtb:uphill:scale." -
>     linked
>     to http://www.imba.com/resources/trail_building/itn_17_4_trail_difficulty.html
>
>     Can other mappers who use this tag frequently confirm whether it
>     is limited to specifically designed and built bike trails, like
>     those found in "bikeparks"?
>
>     -- Joseph Eisenberg
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