[Talk-us] Beach routing

[Bryan Housel]

I say go ahead and add it, though `highway=track` (with appropriate access tag) might make more sense if vehicles drive along the beach.

Here in NJ, people have also been mapping the paths that lead down to the beach from the boardwalks, but they generally aren’t connected.  I’m a runner, so I would find it useful to know which stretches of beach are passable and what the surface is like.

Thanks, Bryan



On Jul 9, 2014, at 12:50 PM, Elliott Plack <elliott.plack at gmail.com> wrote:

> OSM US:
> 
> I've been using some routing engines to map fitness routes (e.g. Strava) that use OSM data. Along our US coasts, there are beaches. The beaches I'm familiar with are popular with walkers and joggers to go up and down the shore, since access is generally open to anyone along the water's edge. I'm considering adding a `highway=path` along the beach to facilitate this. I'd add the connections to the walking paths between parking lots and the beach as well.
> 
> For uninterrupted strips of sandy beach, would a path be appropriate to indicate walkability?
> 
> How the map looks now in iD: http://i.imgur.com/2EQ06BR.jpg
> What I'd propose to do (note the connections): http://i.imgur.com/i8dj6lQ.jpg
> Area of the examples: http://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=18/38.45143/-75.04957
> 
> Thanks,
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