[Tagging] RFC new role value for recreational routes

[Yves]

Maybe 'transfer' is too much of a French word to be British English? I don't know.

A while ago, piste:connection was introduced with some success for various ways connecting ski pistes together (other than aerialway=*).
Regards, Yves

Le 10 août 2021 21:47:51 GMT+02:00, Peter Elderson <pelderson at gmail.com> a écrit :
>I am in a discussion with French mappers of hiking routes (GR).
>They are completing and correcting all GR's in France, and creating QA
>tooling and a presentation site.
>
>They need a solution for sections of long trails which require a transfer.
>By train, by cable car, by ferry. I would like to add: a solution that
>works for all recreational routes.
>
>This solution should enable data users to query for (routes containing)
>such sections; to calculate length (distance) including and excluding such
>sections. And in the first place, such sections should be allowed in the
>routes, even if the transport mode differs from the rest of the route.
>
>Proposed solution
>I propose a new role value. for
>https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Roles_for_recreational_route_relations
>role *transfer* A transfer section, signposted or otherwise indicated as a
>regular part of the route. The traveler is transferred by a different means
>of transport e.g. cable car, train or boat from the end of one section to
>the beginning of the next.
>
>As with the other roles, this role can be applied to way members and/or to
>relation members. Data users can decide how to deal with sections with this
>role with regard to filtering, rendering, data presentation, computing
>length and elevation profiles, routing.
>
>Voting? I'd rather not...
>Since it's only a niche role value, my preference would be to discuss
>the proposed new value here and then add it to the wiki, unless there are
>significant objections.Then I will bring it to the attention of relevant
>developers of tools, renderers and communities.
>
>Peter Elderson
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