[talk-au] Deletion of walking tracks/paths

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“off-track” here implies trail_visibility=no.

 

If it’s NOT visible on the ground. And it’s NOT part of any signed route. Then it doesn’t meet the verifiability criteria and shouldn’t be mapped.

 

From: Josh Marshall <josh.p.marshall at gmail.com> 
Sent: Tuesday, 25 January 2022 14:42
To: Andrew Harvey <andrew.harvey4 at gmail.com>
Cc: talk OSM Australian List <Talk-au at openstreetmap.org>
Subject: Re: [talk-au] Deletion of walking tracks/paths

 

 

Off-track when not part of an official walking route          Walking routes off-track without any signage or official route.               Should not be mapped in OSM at all, or if they are controversially edited consider not:highway=* with a note=* indicating why it should not be mapped.

 

Should this be limited to “within National Parks areas” or something to that effect? It contradicts the Informal Walking Track row higher up. I’m invested here… there are tons of trails in my area which I believe to be private land but have landowners that don’t mind the access, or may be crown land but public access, but either way have some well-maintained trails by volunteers. See the network of trails at https://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=17/-32.98762/151.70793 for instance.

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