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

Katrina Engelsted katrina at engelsted.co
Fri May 23 18:44:21 UTC 2014


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On Fri, May 23, 2014 at 12:33 PM, Thomas Colson <thomas_colson at nps.gov>wrote:

> I like *emergency=water_tank. *
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> *And dogs=yes, which is keeping with horses=yes that we use for trails. *
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> *I’d be surprised if any unit allowed off-leash dogs. *
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> *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? *
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> *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
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> Thanks for the feedback, Clifford.  You bring up good points.
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> I think that for the Radiator Water we are going to go with
> *emergency=water_tank. *
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> Thank you!
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> On Thu, May 22, 2014 at 11:06 AM, Clifford Snow <clifford at snowandsnow.us>
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> On Thu, May 22, 2014 at 9:05 AM, Katrina Engelsted <katrina at engelsted.co>
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> My name is Katrina Engelsted and I am a new addition to the *NPMap Team*.
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> Welcome!!!
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> I am working on matching NPS tags with OSM Tags and would love to know
> your thoughts on the following three points of interest:
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> 1.  For self-guided trails, the best match *highway=trailhead &
> information=guidepost*.
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> 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.
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> 2. For *Pets Allowed On Leash Area, *the best OSM tag fit is*
> leisure=dog_park.  *
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> 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???
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> 3. The biggest one we are having difficulty is *Radiator Water.*  Should
> we add it as?
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> *amenity=car_repair, waterway=water_point, drinking_water=no *or
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> *amenity=watering_place, watering_place=auto *or
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> There is also one barely used tag that might apply:
> *emergency=water_rescue_station*.
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> 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?
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> BTW - any good contacts for North Cascades National Park. I hope to get up
> there this summer.
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> Clifford
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