[OSM-talk] [tagging] Request for Comments: Hiking

[Christian Linder]

Hi everybody,

I propose a classification scheme for hiking trails.

Rationale:

   - Especially for mountain trails, it is crucial to know wether a trail
   can be done in sneakers or wether you need ice axe and climbing irons.
   - Since Google Maps and the like are pretty unusable for hiking
   (because they denote only very few trails), this is a region where OSM can
   be of great value soon and for a long time.
   - Many mountaineers already utilize GPSs. It would be great to win as
   many of them as possible as contributers to OSM.

As far as I know, there is no internationally standardized classification
schema. Thus, I propose to incorporate the classification of the Swiss
Alpine Club<http://alpen.sac-cas.ch/html_d/archiv/2002/200204/ad_2002_04_18.pdf>(source
in german). Not because I am from Switzerland (I am not), but
because in my humble opinion this one is easy to understand and well
defined.

Please comment the proposal at
http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/Proposed_features/Hiking

Best regards

Chrischan
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