[Talk-us] Caliparks re-tagging paths?

[Mike Thompson]

On Thu, Mar 24, 2016 at 4:26 AM, Marc Gemis <marc.gemis at gmail.com> wrote:

> They tagged them as "social_path", according to their blog entry [1]
>
> Totally unacceptable.  OpenStreetMap maps what is observable on the ground
(generally). If they:

1) Don't want that trail to exist, they can restore that area to its
natural state, and *then*, delete the data from OSM.
2) Don't want people to use those trails, they can place "no public access"
signs at the places where these "unofficial" trails join the "official"
trails, and then add the appropriate "access=* tags to OSM as others have
suggested.
3) Simply do not want these to show up on their map, they can do some post
processing of the OSM data after export, but before rendering

I often map unofficial trails based upon on the ground survey with GPS and
camera supplemented with Strava and BIng.  It is great to have the data in
there for my personal use and that of others who like to hike the back
country, but I also want it to be there for search and rescue, wildland
fire fighters and other emergency personnel. In effect removing this data
by using a tagging scheme that no one but the editor in question
understands is a huge disservice.
Mike
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