[talk-au] Mapping "off track" hiking routes

Graeme Fitzpatrick graemefitz1 at gmail.com
Sat Oct 24 02:04:18 UTC 2020


On Fri, 23 Oct 2020 at 20:39, Little Maps <mapslittle at gmail.com> wrote:

> what text should we add to the Australian Tagging Guidelines, which give
> no guidance on the matter?
>

We do have guidelines concerning sacred sites
https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Australian_Tagging_Guidelines#Aboriginal_and_Torres_Strait_Islander_sites.2C_art-works_and_sacred_places

On Fri, 23 Oct 2020 at 21:13, Andrew Harvey <andrew.harvey4 at gmail.com>
wrote:

>  we can and still should map as either bicycle=no or access=no. Ideally
> there would be signage either at the start of the track or somewhere else
> around the park boundary to indicate this.
>

In regard to access=no, & following along from my mention of Uluru, a
similar point comes up about Mt Warning. The local Aboriginal people would
prefer that no-one climb the Mountain, but it is still legally open for all
to do so. Should we have an access=discouraged?

Thanks

Graeme
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