[Talk-GB] Golfing tags seem to conflict with walking tags

Ken Kilfedder spiregrain_osm at ksglp.org.uk
Fri Nov 26 10:43:22 UTC 2021


> I have also come across cases where golf mappers have removed legal 
> rights of way 

My grandfather used to carry a pair of pliers with him on his permitted, ROW golf-course walks, in case he came across any physical manoeuvres of this type.

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> Phil (trigpoint)
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>> On Fri, 26 Nov 2021, at 9:23 AM, Jon Pennycook wrote:
>> > Hello.
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>> > Golfing tags for paths seem to conflict with those used for walking.  e.g. https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:golf%3Dpath
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>> > I have noticed that a number of golf courses have paths tagged as highway=path, foot=designated.  From my point of view, this means that any pedestrian can use that path, but practically many of those paths are private and not open to the general public (so if they were not paths on golf courses, they would be tagged as foot=private or foot=permit).
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>> > If these are connected with roads or rights of way, journey planners might send pedestrians through golf courses, which may not be desirable.  Perhaps we need a way to tag a designated route for pedestrians that isn't open to the general public?
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