[Talk-us] Update for Great Smoky Mountains National Park

[Clifford Snow]

On Thu, Apr 25, 2013 at 8:58 AM, Jeffrey Ollie <jeff at ocjtech.us> wrote:

> One question about what I saw on the wiki page.  I can understand not
> wanting the public to drive on administrative roads, but are those
> roads closed to hikers as well as vehicular traffic?  I can understand
> keeping hikers off of the roads under normal circumstances but if I
> was out hiking a trail that crossed an administrative road I'd be
> pretty confused if the map on my GPS didn't show it.  I'd find them
> useful as navigational references if nothing else.  I would think that
> it'd be useful in emergency situations as well.  For example if a
> group of hikers was trying to evacuate an injured/sick person an
> administrative road could be a quicker way to get to more advanced
> medical care.  Or for volunteers conducting a search for lost hikers.
>

I agree. These service road should included. They can be tagged
highway=service, access=official or access=no

-- 
Clifford

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