There is a proposed feature with this purpose: http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Proposed_features/Obstacle
Regards! 2013/10/3, Bryce Nesbitt <bry...@obviously.com>: > In the case of a trail the landowner is actively trying to erase, I'll > often draw the trail into osm, tag it discouragingly, and put barrier nodes > at each end. Across a wide variety of map rendering, this has a chance of > communicating the intent of non-use. > > The downside of omitting, removing, or disusing the trail is that someone > might physically see what's left and simply assume it's an unmapped route. > > --- > > In rock climbing routes, the entire route is graded according to the > hardest move. > > Perhaps in the case of unmaintained (but legally open) trails, one could > tag (and thus render) the trail condition based on the least passable > section. The utility of the route reduces to the ability to get over the > (landslide, muddy part, weeds, washed out bridge). > -- *KONFRARE ALBERT* La Konfraria de la Vila del Pingüí de La Palma de Cervelló www.konfraria.org • @La_Konfraria <http://twitter.com/La_Konfraria> _______________________________________________ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging
