[Talk-us] Reference numbers to use for hiking trail route relations

[tj-osmwiki at lowsnr.net]

Further investigation shows that they're National Forest Trails,
allocated by the forestry service, like the forest service roads.

Some kind of network allocation like the forest roads might be 
appropriate - something like:

	network = US:NFRS:Kaniksu:FT

perhaps?

Other proposed tags (from 
https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/US_Forest_Service_Data) are

	route_owner=national_forest
	trail_no



On Tue, Oct 13, 2020 at 08:05:59PM +0900, tj-osmwiki at lowsnr.net wrote:
> 
> Thanks Kevin.
> 
> Only problem now is identifying the authority. I suspect it's Idaho Panhandle National
> Forests but will have to investigate further.
> 
> Roger the pack trail - will give it some consideration.
> 
> 
> On Sun, Oct 11, 2020 at 08:42:32PM -0400, Kevin Kenny wrote:
> > On Sun, Oct 11, 2020 at 6:09 PM Mark Brown <tj-osmwiki at lowsnr.net> wrote:
> > 
> > > Just mapping some of the trails in the Cabinet Mountains in the Idaho
> > > panhandle, from the US Topo Maps. Noticed that the trails have numbers.
> > > What should I put in the "ref" for the route relation?
> > 
> > 
> > It's perfectly acceptable to put a trail number in 'ref' on a route
> > relation.  And while the presets only offer 'lwn' 'rwn', 'nwn', 'iwn', I'd
> > say that in North American practice, putting in the name of the authority
> > that assigned the 'ref' would be appropriate in 'network=*', particularly
> > in regions where multiple networks may be overlaid.
> > 
> > 
> > > Also, some of the trails are marked as Pack Trails but there is no
> > > documented tag in the wiki. Would adding "pack=yes" be acceptable?
> > >
> > 
> > What is a 'Pack Trail'? One graded for livestock, so that a pack mule
> > (horse, llama, etc.) can be brought along?  Would 'horse=yes' (or maybe
> > some other value if pack animals are OK but riding animals is forbidden)
> > cover it? In which case, also consider making the way a bridleway and and
> > having a route=horse as well as a route=hiking relation.
> > 
> > -- 
> > 73 de ke9tv/2, Kevin