[Talk-us] Beach routing

[Jim McAndrew]

I think this would be a great addition for routing.
I would make sure that you add tags like bicycle=no, even though bicycles
are probably not forbidden, bicycles and sand generally do not mix. (
http://www.njbikemap.com/ omits dirt roads in southern jersey for this
reason)
Another consideration is that outside of Atlantic City and Wildwood, most
beaches require a beach tags/badges to use the beach. I'm not sure what the
best way to tag these areas would be, but it would be important for routing
people who are not familiar with the area.

--
Jim


On Thu, Jul 10, 2014 at 7:15 AM, Steven Johnson <sejohnson8 at gmail.com>
wrote:

> A few years ago, I mapped beach access paths, too: http://ow.ly/yZT3G
> But I did not map along the beach as there was no clearly defined path or
> boardwalk, nor could I see a compelling case for doing so. I can see a
> reason if driving, horses, bikes compete for access, or there are areas
> that permit/restrict access to the beach.
>
> -- SEJ
> -- twitter: @geomantic
> -- skype: sejohnson8
>
> There are two types of people in the world. Those that can extrapolate
> from incomplete data.
>
>
> On Thu, Jul 10, 2014 at 8:51 AM, Bryan Housel <bryan at 7thposition.com>
> wrote:
>
>> 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,
>>
>> --
>> Elliott Plack
>> http://about.me/elliottp
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