[Talk-us] Beaver dam? Wrecked bridge? Hallucinatory roads in TIGER?

Jack Burke burkejf3 at gmail.com
Mon Dec 22 17:54:09 UTC 2014


access=use_at_your_own_risk

access=two_paths_diverged_in_a_yellow_wood

access=choose_wisely

access=plugh

access=xyzzy

?

-jack


On December 22, 2014 10:06:15 AM EST, Richard Welty <rwelty at averillpark.net> wrote:
>On 12/22/14 3:27 AM, Bryce Nesbitt wrote:
>> I've frequently wanted to map "the trails that peter out" for exactly
>
>> the reason you state.
>>
>> The choices as a mapper seem wrong:
>> 1) Map the trail : thus encouraging use of a flawed route.
>> 2) Don't map the trail.  The casual map reader thinks OSM is missing 
>> something.
>>
>>
>> Possible solutions include a node type of "becomes indistinct", or 
>> "dead end".
>> How to mark the way is trickier.
>perhaps a new access tag..
>
>access=deprecated
>access=not_recommended
>
>something else?
>
>richard
>
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