[OSM-talk] Horse trails. Good examples?

[Philip Barnes]

On Sun, 2013-12-22 at 09:18 -0500, Richard Weait wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> Are there good examples of horse trails and horse 'infrastructure' in
> OpenStreetMap data?  Links please?
> 
> 
> What makes a well-mapped horse trail facility?  Parking with horse
> trailer parking indicated?  Blacksmith shop with horseshoe repair,
> alignment, rotation and balancing?  Saloons (it's like a pub so it's
> probably already mapped) with hitching post, watering trough and poop
> and scoop bags?
> 
> 
> Are there renderings that include many or most items of interest to
> horse riders?

Horse trails is an American term, OSM uses the British word bridleway. 

Bridleways are becoming increasingly mapped as part of the the process
of mapping rights of way network.

An example of bridleway can be seen here, although they are not hard to
find on osm 

http://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=15/52.7823/-2.8992

Other infrastructure I am not aware of, but thing such as parking do not
need to be special for horse boxes, beyond lack of height limit bars.

Saloons make me think of the wild west and whiskey and gunfights, do
they still exist outside heritage places? It is certainly not uncommon
to see horses at pubs, although I have never seen them tied up whilst
the owner is inside, usually one stays outside and someone else get the
drinks and brings them out. Country pubs will welcome horseriders in the
same way they do walkers or cyclists and any pub will provide a bowl of
water if asked, whether its for a horse or a dog.

Phil (trigpoint)