[Talk-it] Shielded tracks (Fortmer: Data Only GSM Chip)

[Alberto Nogaro]

>-----Original Message-----
>From: Robert Elsenaar [mailto:robert at elsenaar.info]
>Sent: sabato 9 aprile 2011 18.11
>To: M?rtin Koppenhoefer; openstreetmap list - italiano
>Subject: Re: [Talk-it] Shielded tracks (Fortmer: Data Only GSM Chip)

>Especially My wife and I are going for hiking in Toscany. On OSM we find
>some tracks sourced by CAI. This seems to be a hiking organisation.
>What can we expect? Are there books or leaflets descibing those trails?

Yes, CAI (acronym for "Club Alpino Italiano") is the main italian mountain hiking organization. It publishes books, you can browse the list [1] on their web site. For Toscany you might want to see also the regional section website [3], the map of the trail (sentieri) and alpine hut (rifugi) network [4], the list of alpine huts [5], and the list of local sections [6].

>Are
>they signed with shields on the track?

Usually they are signed. The standard symbol used by CAI is red and white, for general information read more on this [7] page in the section "segnaletica" (italian only, but there are plenty of pictures of what you might expect).

[1] http://www.cai.it/index.php?id=508&L=0
[2] http://www.cai.it/index.php?id=565&L=0
[3] http://www.caitoscana.it
[4] http://web.rete.toscana.it/sgr/webgis/consulta/viewer.jsp
[5] http://www.caitoscana.it/default2.asp?idm=15&idp=2
[6] http://www.caitoscana.it/default2.asp?idm=7&idp=2
[7] http://www.cai.it/index.php?id=831

Cheers,
Alberto