[Talk-us-nps] NPS Points Of Interest: self-guided trails, Dogs Off Leash and Radiator Water

[Thomas Colson]

I like *emergency=water_tank. *



*And dogs=yes, which is keeping with horses=yes that we use for trails. *



*I’d be surprised if any unit allowed off-leash dogs. *



*For the self-guided trail, I think we’re looking for both a tag/icon to
signify the trail head (which is different from a “normal” trailhead in
terms of Icon), as well as tag/symbol for the actual interpretive signs on
the trail? *



*From:* Katrina Engelsted [mailto:katrina at engelsted.co]
*Sent:* Thursday, May 22, 2014 1:22 PM
*To:* Clifford Snow
*Cc:* talk-us-nps at openstreetmap.org
*Subject:* Re: [Talk-us-nps] NPS Points Of Interest: self-guided trails,
Dogs Off Leash and Radiator Water



Thanks for the feedback, Clifford.  You bring up good points.



I think that for the Radiator Water we are going to go with
*emergency=water_tank. *



I agree with you on the pets off leash.  I think that it would be better to
do something like *dogs=yes*.  I am going to see if I can find parks that
have some pets off leash and get back to the list on what I have
discovered.



That is a good idea about the self-guided tours.  I think that this
category will need to have information=guidepost.  I will look into what
the best practices have been for the trails and guideposts, but I am
leaning towards your suggestions.



Thank you!



On Thu, May 22, 2014 at 11:06 AM, Clifford Snow <clifford at snowandsnow.us>
wrote:



On Thu, May 22, 2014 at 9:05 AM, Katrina Engelsted <katrina at engelsted.co>
wrote:

My name is Katrina Engelsted and I am a new addition to the *NPMap Team*.





Welcome!!!







I am working on matching NPS tags with OSM Tags and would love to know your
thoughts on the following three points of interest:



1.  For self-guided trails, the best match *highway=trailhead &
information=guidepost*.



I usually tag trails as highway=path and then tag each guidepost as you
suggest as nodes. I'd use trailhead for the start of a trail.



2. For *Pets Allowed On Leash Area, *the best OSM tag fit is*
leisure=dog_park.  *



Does NPS have areas that dogs are allowed (not counting service animals)
 along with visitors, for instance, are there trails that owners may bring
their dogs along? If so I wouldn't tag it as leisure=dog_park, instead
dogs=yes???



3. The biggest one we are having difficulty is *Radiator Water.*  Should we
add it as?



*amenity=car_repair, waterway=water_point, drinking_water=no *or



*amenity=watering_place, watering_place=auto *or



There is also one barely used tag that might apply:
*emergency=water_rescue_station*.



Is Radiator Water just water that isn't suitable for drinking? Is there any
special attributes that make it different than say water out of a hose? I
probably wouldn't use water_rescue_station for fear that it mistaken for
emergency drinking water. Could they just be tagged as
amenity=radiator_water?



BTW - any good contacts for North Cascades National Park. I hope to get up
there this summer.


Clifford

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