[OSM-talk] Tagging climbing routes and scrambles

[Nick]

In article <alpine.LRH.1.00.0804171200380.8261 at persephone.nexusuk.org>,
Steve Hill  <steve at nexusuk.org> wrote:
>There isn't much guidance on how the sport=climbing tag should be used 
>when dealing with outdoor features. What exactly should be tagged with 
>sport=climbing? Possibilities include:
>
>  * The crag (probably a node, or maybe a way following a cliff, or an 
>area)
>  * The start locations of individual routes (nodes)
>
>Marking individual routes may be tricky in some cases (e.g. if they are 
>close together or share the same start location), but could be very useful 
>when routes are more spread-out. There are also potentially useful pieces 
>of information about the routes which could be recorded, such as the 
>grades.

It's very difficult to know what to do with climbing routes without
truly 3-dimensional mapping - that said your suggestion sounds feasible.

It's worth noting that in terms of climbing grades there are plenty of
different systems worldwide to allow for:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grade_(climbing)

Isn't it funny how in the last few months there's been lots of activity
in terms of piste mapping - and now the weather has become nicer in the
UK, the sport of climbing takes its turn...

Nick