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

[brad]

On 10/11/20 6:42 PM, Kevin Kenny wrote:
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> On Sun, Oct 11, 2020 at 6:09 PM Mark Brown <tj-osmwiki at lowsnr.net 
> <mailto:tj-osmwiki at lowsnr.net>> wrote:
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>     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?
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> 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.
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>     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?
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> 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.
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I think I've seen old usgs topo maps, or perhaps FS maps with trails 
labeled as pack trails.   Not quite sure what it means, probably nothing 
anymore.   Perhaps the OSM person just used the info from the old map.