[OSM-talk] Tagging an abandoned path?

[Dave F]

Nick's description is "overgrown, unclear, prone to flooding"

These are all subjective interpretations.
There are many official PROW's in those conditions.
It doesn't mean they're "abandoned" or "disused".
It doesn't mean someone isn't prepared to wade or hack their way through.

Accurate descriptions of the path's state(s) are required. Tags 
something like: Overgrown=yes, flooding=intermittent  etc.

DaveF

On 25/09/2020 17:03, Mike Thompson wrote:
> 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 
> <mailto: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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