[OSM-talk] Named passages on hiking paths

[Ulf Lamping]

Am 14.03.2011 20:06, schrieb Tom Hughes:
> On 14/03/11 18:45, Nakor wrote:
>
>> Isn't a "Pas" just a mountain pass:
>> http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:mountain_pass (like e.g.
>> http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pas_de_Peyrol )?
>
> "Col" is the usual word for a mountain pass.

Yes, the french are a lot more consistent in their "naming" of mountain 
passes (Col ...) compared to e.g. german: "Joch", "Scharte", "Pass", 
"Sattel", ...

I only know two of those "Pas" in france "Pas de Peyrol" and "Pas de la 
Couelle" that "qualifies" as a mountain pass (but there maybe a bit more 
of them).


Pas seems often to be used more generally for a passage, as in "Pas de 
Calais" (Strait of Dover).

Regards, ULFL