[OSM-talk] Tagging an abandoned path?

[Andy Townsend]

On 25/09/2020 17:43, Dave F via talk wrote:
> Nick's description is "overgrown, unclear, prone to flooding"
>
> These are all subjective interpretations.
> There are many official PROW's in those conditions.

(for the benefit of people outside of England and Wales a "public right 
of way" is a special legal designation here)

To be fair, what Nick was talking about wasn't a PROW though.

> 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.

Indeed - https://taginfo.openstreetmap.org/keys/overgrown has some usage 
and and https://taginfo.openstreetmap.org/keys/flood_prone has a lot of 
usage.  https://taginfo.openstreetmap.org/keys/trail_visibility has even 
more.

Best Regards,

Andy