[Talk-us] Track or path?

Karl Newman siliconfiend at gmail.com
Mon Nov 10 20:13:21 GMT 2008


On Mon, Nov 10, 2008 at 11:25 AM, David Carmean <dlc at halibut.com> wrote:

>
>
> I need help figuring out how to tag some local multi-use recreational
> trails, and the
> current discussion on osm-talk isn't making it any easier :)
>
> What I'm trying to do is map the San Francisco Bay Trail and connecting
> trails.
> For the moment I'm ignoring the portions of the "trail" that are overlayed
> on
> public roads with car traffic.
>
> Here's an example:  a large portion of the trails are on top of levees
> around
> salt evaporation ponds around the Bay.  Some of these segments are gravel
> roads
> that are 3 or 4 meters wide, where a passenger car could easily drive 50
> kph if
> legally permitted.  In fact service vehicles (government, landowner) do use
> these roads from time to time, but primarily they're used for foot,
> bicycle,
> and/or horse travel.  Are these "tracks" or "paths"?
>
> I need to account for the fact that in places, these roads are gated, and
> access changes from public to private.  On the private sections, it doesn't
> make much sense to me to tag them for bicycle/foot/horse traffic, but I
> need something that will still render.
>
> This may be the wrong thing to do, but in many cases I rely on the
> Osmarender
> templates to infer which of several choices is likely the most popular
> method.
>

Sounds analogous to fire roads, which I would tag as track. For the private
sections, just mark them access=private without worrying about all the modes
of transport.

Karl
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