[Tagging] Route names being applied to tracks/paths

[brad]

+1
If the only name is the route name I think it makes good sense to put it 
on the local way too, that's the name of the trail.

Brad

On 12/29/22 08:59, Zeke Farwell wrote:
> I've heard the assertion that a way has no name but the route that 
> passes over it does many times.  While this is true in some cases, in 
> others it is not.  Where the primary purpose of the way is not for the 
> route, this does make sense.  For example mentioned by Jmapb where the 
> Appalachian trail follows an unnamed driveway or sidewalk.  In these 
> cases, the primary purpose is a driveway or sidewalk for local use, 
> and the Appalachian Trail just happens to follow it as well.  Here 
> putting the name Appalachian Trail on the way makes no sense. However, 
> there are also dedicated sections of trail built first and foremost to 
> be a part of the Appalachian Trail and that have no other name.  
> Omitting the name Appalachian Trail in a case like that makes no sense 
> to me.  That section of trail is indeed called the Appalachian Trail.  
> The whole route is also called the Appalachian Trail and that's ok.
>
>
> On Thu, Dec 29, 2022 at 10:38 AM Jmapb <jmapb at gmx.com> wrote:
>
>     On 12/29/2022 10:13 AM, Zeke Farwell wrote:
>>     Yes, the way name tag should be the most local trail name. 
>>     However, sometimes there is no local trail name and the long
>>     distance route name is the only name.  In this case putting the
>>     long distance route name on the ways also makes sense.
>
>     I've been doing some mapping on the Appalachian Trail lately and
>     this appears to be the common practice, although the AT is
>     dominant enough that constituent trails sometimes lose their local
>     names over time.
>
>     Some mappers will take it a little too far and tag sections of
>     sidewalk and driveway that the AT follows with name=Appalachian
>     Trail (or even name=Appalachian National Scenic Trail... IMO this
>     is an official_name, and probably only belongs on the route
>     superrelation.)
>
>     It's common to see ref=AT as well, which is fine on trails (even
>     locally named ones) and perhaps ok on the sidewalks, but adding it
>     to a vehicular road seems iffy.
>
>     Jason
>
>
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