[OSM-talk-be] waymarked or not?

[Stijn Rombauts]

Hi,

There is a guideline or rule that only waymarked hiking/cycle/... routes should be added to OSM. Not everyone agrees and there are some non-waymarked routes in OSM because nobody, not even me, dares to remove them.
Anyway, that rule/guideline is getting in trouble because some official routes are not waymarked anymore.
Provincie Vlaams-Brabant enlarged the 'wandelnetwerk Getevallei', but the new nodes and routes are not waymarked anymore (too expensive). But there is a map, a website and an app. [1]
The municipality of Profondeville has the project '1000 bornes' (40 parcours pour vélos de route et VTT): only gps-tracks on route-you. [2]
More will probably follow (or perhaps already exist).

So, what do we do? Or where do we draw the line? Because the line between what can be considered as official routes or not, could (in the future) become very thin. Or what do we do with the 'Randonnées en Boucle' (SGR)? What if Natuurpunt/Natagora starts with 'virtual' walking routes?

What is your opinion?

Regards,

StijnRR

P.S. The new map of 'wandelnetwerk De Merode' has OSM as background layer. Thanks to everyone who contributed.

[1] https://www.toerismevlaamsbrabant.be/pagina/werken-wandelnetwerken/
[2] https://www.profondeville.be/loisirs/sport/1000bornes