[OSM-talk] Tagging an abandoned path?

[Mike Thompson]

I use:
disused:highway=path/footway/etc
or
abandoned:highway=path/footway/etc

If it is totally gone, I still tend to leave the way with "note=There is no
longer a path here, the land manager restored the area to its natural state
sometime before <date>", (or whatever is appropriate) this provides some
assurance that someone doesn't add it back to OSM using and old source
(imagery, GPX tracks, etc).

Mike

On Fri, Sep 25, 2020 at 9:36 AM Andy Townsend <ajt1047 at gmail.com> wrote:

> On 25/09/2020 16:04, Nick Whitelegg wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> Wondering if there was a consensus on tagging an abandoned, no longer very
> usable path (e.g. a path which has become overgrown or is unclear and prone
> to flooding in wetter periods). Something like "path=abandoned"?
>
> My 2p:
>
>
> Perhaps use "trail_visibility" through the lifecycle of the path as it
> changes from "being obvious on the ground" to "not being there at all"?
>
>
> Once it's definitely disappeared, I'd have no qualms about deleting it
> altogether.  Sometimes I update the tags on a path before deleting it to
> something like "note=nothing on this alignment any more".
>
>
> If it's still visible on imagery, I'd be tempted to leave that note there
> (without a highway tag) to stop someone retracing it.
>
>
> Best Regards,
>
>
> Andy
>
>
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