[talk-au] Aust. Walking Track Grading System (AWTGS)

[Warin]

On 9/2/22 16:19, Ian Steer wrote:
>
> >> I prefer hiking_scale:awtgs= as you know that it is a hiking scale ..
>
> >> even if you don't know what awtgs is.
>
> >>
>
> >Fair comment.
>
> >
>
> >> Routes are a different problem .... while the worst one could be
>
> >> included .. what happens if/when things change? Possibly better to 
> leave it off?
>
> >> Consider that some routes have alternatives, excursions...
>
> >>
>
> >One grade for the entire route, which counts the worst bits of the 
> whole distance, plus separate grades for individual sections?
>
> >
>
> >& can we just write this up for Oz use, or do we have to go down the 
> full path of RFC / Proposal / Voting? (Which will >undoubtedly be a 
> Grade 5 trek!
>
> >:-))
>
> I’m thinking “hiking_scale:awtgs=”.  This would have solved the 
> problem of my well-meaning German friend deleting my tags.
>
> Since it is an Australian tag, I would have thought adding it to the 
> Australian Wiki would be sufficient.
>

No. Germans, French, English don't go looking for tags on every 
countries wiki. The documentation should go on the main OSM wiki so it 
can be found easily by anyone looking for it.

> With regard to users applying a grade using this system, how about we 
> use a “source:grade=” tag?  Maybe if the AWTGS grade  has been 
> sign-posted by the trail manager (whoever that might be), it could be 
> “source:grade=as_signed”??  If a grade has been assigned by a user, 
> “source:grade=user” ??
>

If sources are state/suggested on the OSM wiki that would also assist 
mappers trying to enter the data.
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