[Tagging] Route names being applied to tracks/paths

stevea steveaOSM at softworkers.com
Fri Dec 30 07:22:30 UTC 2022


I agree with Mateusz here:  whether to tag a way after the name of a route which includes it (if it didn't have a name=* tag beforehand) isn't a "one size fits all" situation.  It's difficult to describe what the right thing to do is in all cases.

> On Dec 29, 2022, at 11:18 PM, Mateusz Konieczny via Tagging <tagging at openstreetmap.org> wrote:
> 
> This does not apply everywhere, even if applies in some cases.
> 
> Many trails are minor and their names are not actually names of roads/paths
> where they lead even if this road/path is nameless.
> 
> In Poland even for 
> https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/G%C5%82%C3%B3wny_Szlak_Beskidzki
> it is debatable whether its name should carry to paths and for example
> almost certainly not applying to
> https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wschodni_Szlak_Rowerowy_Green_Velo
> 
> And clearly not happening with many minor trails.
> 
> Dec 30, 2022, 03:19 by bradhaack at fastmail.com:
> +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. 




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