Tagging the relation containing the parts of the route is not the issue. I am referring to the "ways" that represent the actual track a canoe would take to traverse a lake. It is a type of path but it is on water, sort of like a ferry route. For example, the most direct route across a lake might not be the best. You might want to go around an island's leeward side rather than to windward. Drawing a line or way across the lake and around the island to show this path is easy. But how then do you tag it? It's not a highway and it's not a ferry track. What exactly is it?
On Sun, Feb 22, 2015 at 9:46 AM, Warin <61sundow...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 22/02/2015 1:37 PM, Dave Swarthout wrote: > > Thanks for bringing this up. Canoe routes and their connectors is a topic > that needs work. > > In the present case and to answer your question, I would prefer > portage=* > > This would leave open multiple possibilities for values, yes/no, canoe. > kayak, etc., that might more fully describe the portage.The other two are > too limited or specialized, IMO. > > > Yep, the broader the key the better .. you never know what things will > crop up in the future. > > > Another issue regarding canoe routes which needs to be addressed at some > point in the future is that there is, to my knowledge, no way to tag the > waterway portions of a canoe trail or route. > > > I'd think that canoe routes should be done similar to bicycle routes... > maybe mountain bike as they have some system for the difficulty of the > route.. > > There should be an OSM wiki page on it. > > > Cheers, > > Dave > > On Sun, Feb 22, 2015 at 3:14 AM, Brad Neuhauser <brad.neuhau...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> Hi, I'd like to add some tags for canoe portages ( >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portage) in wilderness areas. These would >> be trails tagged highway=path plus some tag to designate that they're used >> for portaging between lakes. I have found three different tags that are >> currently used to tag portages (there may be others?), and am wondering if >> anyone has recommendations about what would be best. >> >> 1) portage=* (223 objects) >> http://taginfo.openstreetmap.org/keys/portage >> 2) whitewater=portage_way (227 objects) >> http://taginfo.openstreetmap.org/tags/whitewater=portage_way >> 3) canoe=portage (67 object) >> http://taginfo.openstreetmap.org/tags/canoe=portage >> >> Cheers, >> Brad >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Tagging mailing list >> Tagging@openstreetmap.org >> https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging >> >> > > > -- > Dave Swarthout > Homer, Alaska > Chiang Mai, Thailand > Travel Blog at http://dswarthout.blogspot.com > > > _______________________________________________ > Tagging mailing > listTagging@openstreetmap.orghttps://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging > > > > _______________________________________________ > Tagging mailing list > Tagging@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging > > -- Dave Swarthout Homer, Alaska Chiang Mai, Thailand Travel Blog at http://dswarthout.blogspot.com
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