[Tagging] Hiking "guideposts" painted on rocks, trees etc.
Andy Townsend
ajt1047 at gmail.com
Tue Jul 21 11:31:45 UTC 2020
On 21/07/2020 12:04, Michal Fabík wrote:
> Hi,
> in some parts of the world, it's common practice to paint guidepost
> information (destinations, distances etc.) on rock faces, trees, walls
> and similar existing surfaces, rather than use purpose-made plates
> attached to a pole. (Example:
> https://osm.fit.vutbr.cz/fody/files/21255.jpg)
>
> Do you think that these warrant their own tagging style? Or is it
> acceptable to use information=guidepost, maybe with an additional tag
> (although I can't think of one off the top of my head)?
>
I've used "tourism=information; information=route_marker" for these.
"trail_blaze" is also frequently used (in the US I think):
https://taginfo.openstreetmap.org/keys/information#values .
I've also been trying to add these (both guideposts and route markers)
to the relevant hiking route relation.
Best Regards,
Andy
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