[Tagging] Route names being applied to tracks/paths

[Dave F]

What do you do if there are two routes?

DaveF

On 30/12/2022 02:19, brad wrote:
> +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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