[Tagging] hiking route from= and to= tags

[Peter Elderson]

To answer the original post: I think that is a good move. What exactly will
go into the from and to tags? (How) can random mappers verify this
information?

Peter Elderson


Op vr 25 jun. 2021 om 22:26 schreef michael spreng <ml at osm.datendelphin.net
>:

> Hi everybody
>
> I am changing the Swiss hiking network page
> https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Switzerland/HikingNetwork trying to
> resolve some confusion. See
> http://lists.openstreetmap.ch/pipermail/talk-ch/2021-June/010972.html
> One part is aimed at a source of conflict that came up from time to
> time: The name tag on unnamed base network routes. Some mappers delete
> the names because the segments do not have names. Others add a name to
> every single relation in all of Switzerland. The Swiss base hiking
> network has good directions signs, but the segments are not named.
> (There are also named and numbered routes on top of the base network,
> but not covering it).
>
> But knowing the start and end of each segment (which was used as the
> name) helps maintaining the hiking network. So the change will add the
> from=* and to=* tags to the Swiss wiki page to map the start and end
> place. That way, the name tag does not get misused, and the data is
> still there for mappers to use for maintenance.
>
> Have a nice day
> Michael
>
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