[Talk-us-massachusetts] Trails: Path or Foot Path

[Alan & Ruth Bragg]

overpass turbo <http://overpass-turbo.eu/> finds 22,425 footways and 15,419
paths in Massachusetts.​

Here's a screenshot from overpass turbo for highway=footway
<https://goo.gl/photos/Bp6yCGxCQtuUS8m29>
and one for highway=path <https://goo.gl/photos/NCUGDfL6RZRLaYVH8>

Notice the big white spaces in mid MA without footways or paths.

Alan

Alan

On Sat, May 27, 2017 at 9:55 AM, Joseph Holmes <Joseph.Holmes at alum.mit.edu>
wrote:

> In Acton we have decided on standardizing so that all trails are tagged as
> highway=path. In some rare instances we use highway=track. All sidewalks
> are tagged as highway=footway and footway=sidewalk. In the rare instances
> where we have what seems like a sidewalk (not a trail), but is not
> associated with a road, then it is highway=footway without the
> footway=sidewalk.
>
> Also we use the following tags on our trails:
> access=yes (if true, i.e. if it is a public trail)
> foot=designated (if true, so far true for all trails, but the future bike
> trails will be different)
> motor_vehicle=no (if true, some tracks are motor_vehicle=private)
> surface=unpaved (if true, some trails are paved)
> name=Red (we put the color of the blazed trails in the name field, which
> allows us to display it in color. If unblazed, then no name. If the rare
> cases where the trail has a real name, then we use both the color and name.
> The displaying software will remove the color text)
>
> Hope this helps,
> Joe
>
> On 05/27/2017 08:00 AM, talk-us-massachusetts-request at openstreetmap.org
> wrote:
>
>> Message: 1
>> Date: Fri, 26 May 2017 09:21:07 -0400
>> From: Roy Herold <rherold at yahoo.com>
>> To: talk-us-massachusetts at openstreetmap.org
>> Subject: [Talk-us-massachusetts] Trails: Path or Foot Path
>> Message-ID: <ca9876ae-7f1e-274d-f9f3-c7d8415f8d59 at yahoo.com>
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>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I'm trying to clean up some of the trails in Carlisle, and see that some
>> are tagged as 'Path', while others are 'Foot Path'. Which is preferred?
>>
>> Also, I saved some edits last night, but they only show up for closer
>> zoom levels, where the ruler in the corner is 50m or less. Did I do
>> something wrong, or will the changes eventually appear?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> --Roy
>>
>>
>
> --
> Joe Holmes
> Joseph.Holmes at alum.mit.edu
> 978-635-1982
>
>
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