[talk-au] scenic routes

[David Bannon]

Ian, I don't think it (route relations for eg scenic routes) is doc'ed
on http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Australian_Tagging_Guidelines

Or not that I can find. Sounds like a good approach, should it be on the
above page so people can be suitably inspired ?

David

On Thu, 2012-11-08 at 09:17 +1100, Ian Sergeant wrote:
> Traditionally, I've seen these mapped as route relations
> 
> type=route
> route=road
> network=T
> ref=<number>
> 
> Where they are numbered tourist routes.  There are a fair few of them
> around, and this is documented on AU tagging guidelines page, I
> think..
> 
> Ian.
> 
> On 8 November 2012 08:47, David Bannon <dbannon at internode.on.net>
> wrote:
>         
>         
>         Yep, good idea Wil. I don't see anything obvious in Map
>         Features,
>         http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Map_Features you really
>         have two
>         choices, define your own or start a campaign to define a
>         suitable key.
>         First is easier, second will do a heap better job as if most
>         people do
>         it the same way, its going to be easier to find entries. If
>         you go for
>         the roll your own solution, do doc it in the Australian page
>         so local
>         people can at least follow you example.
>         
>         I think its something you add to a road, so maybe its -
>         
>         highway=*
>         tourism=scenic_route
>         .....
>         
>         However, most of the things defined under tourism
>         http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:tourism are really POI
>         like, does
>         that mean they should not be applied to a linear thing ?
>         
>         David
>         
>         
>         On Wed, 2012-11-07 at 23:32 +1030, wil ly wrote:
>         > Hi all,
>         >
>         > I have an angle for updating OSM. I want to find a file of
>         all scenic
>         > drives. The ones sign posted with brown signs that you see
>         when
>         > driving. For all my Googling, I can't seem to find a map or
>         a file of
>         > these. It would be good to tag all such roads in OSM so it's
>         easy to
>         > plan scenic trips.
>         >
>         > I want to do this so I can discover more nice parts of
>         Queensland.
>         >
>         > Wil
>         
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