+1
If the only name is the route name I think it makes good sense to put it
on the local way too, that's the name of the trail.
Brad
On 12/29/22 08:59, Zeke Farwell wrote:
I've heard the assertion that a way has no name but the route that
passes over it does many times. While this is true in some cases, in
others it is not. Where the primary purpose of the way is not for the
route, this does make sense. For example mentioned by Jmapb where the
Appalachian trail follows an unnamed driveway or sidewalk. In these
cases, the primary purpose is a driveway or sidewalk for local use,
and the Appalachian Trail just happens to follow it as well. Here
putting the name Appalachian Trail on the way makes no sense. However,
there are also dedicated sections of trail built first and foremost to
be a part of the Appalachian Trail and that have no other name.
Omitting the name Appalachian Trail in a case like that makes no sense
to me. That section of trail is indeed called the Appalachian Trail.
The whole route is also called the Appalachian Trail and that's ok.
On Thu, Dec 29, 2022 at 10:38 AM Jmapb <jm...@gmx.com> wrote:
On 12/29/2022 10:13 AM, Zeke Farwell wrote:
Yes, the way name tag should be the most local trail name.
However, sometimes there is no local trail name and the long
distance route name is the only name. In this case putting the
long distance route name on the ways also makes sense.
I've been doing some mapping on the Appalachian Trail lately and
this appears to be the common practice, although the AT is
dominant enough that constituent trails sometimes lose their local
names over time.
Some mappers will take it a little too far and tag sections of
sidewalk and driveway that the AT follows with name=Appalachian
Trail (or even name=Appalachian National Scenic Trail... IMO this
is an official_name, and probably only belongs on the route
superrelation.)
It's common to see ref=AT as well, which is fine on trails (even
locally named ones) and perhaps ok on the sidewalks, but adding it
to a vehicular road seems iffy.
Jason
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