[Talk-us] Beach routing

[Andrew Guertin]

On 07/09/2014 12:50 PM, Elliott Plack 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

Today I learned about 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ninety_Mile_Beach,_New_Zealand , which is 
officially a public highway. Curiously, it's mapped in OSM with a 
separate way marked highway=path, bicycle=yes, which doesn't really 
match up with the Top Gear video of Jeremy Clarkson passing a tour bus 
at high speed.

I'm sure this means something for this topic, but I'm not sure what.