Hi Warin, i recently mapped the same situation: a costal hiking trail leading over a beach. [^1] I just mapped an empty way (choice B), but later someone added highway=footway (likely because Osmose or a similar reported an error). I think that this is wrong, because there's no visible path on the ground and not knowing that a hiking trail runs along the beach, one would certainly not map a path there. Maybe a third choice were to add the beach area to the hiking route relation?
[^1]: https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/620720574 Regards Markus On Wed, 19 Dec 2018 at 22:31, Warin <61sundow...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi, > > > There are a few walking routes that incorporatesections of beach walking. > > These sections have no 'infrastructure' - they are not formed or > unformed paths, they are just walking along the beach. > > > The choice of how to map them? As I see it there are two; > > > A) Create a Path - tagged as a path e.g.Way: 219753403 > > https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/219753403#map=16/-43.5372/146.5824 > > This renders and is usable by routing software and appears on > > https://hiking.waymarkedtrails.org/#route?id=2712082&map=16!-43.5369!146.5842 > > > B) Create a way without any physical tags e.g Way: 656134075 > > https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/656134075#map=18/-29.57874/153.33473 > > This does not render on maps but does appear on > > https://hiking.waymarkedtrails.org/#route?id=4869590&map=18!-29.5793!153.3358 > > This may not be rotatable with some software as it has no physical > presence. > > > > My preference is for B as that does not imply a 'path' but it does get > some indication of the continuous route. > > > Any thoughts? > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Tagging mailing list > Tagging@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging _______________________________________________ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging
