Changeset: 29872018
Naming of the Cycle Path
Closed by Alidmun
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created_by | iD 1.7.0 |
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imagery_used | Bing |
Discussion
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Comment from SK53
Welcome & thanks for editing OpenStreetMap. Unfortunately I don't think these individual paths are named "The Big Track" because they could equally be called "Trent Valley Way" (which also runs along these paths). Because of this we have a mechanism for naming routes which follow a path. This uses a relation of type=route. The Big Track has been mapped this way for quite a while: see http://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/1387699. When the The Big Track followed Lenton Lane, the name was that of the street. The regular Standard rendering does not show this information, but if you click on the Cycle Map layer you can see the track clearly labelled.
Adding descriptive names (such as "footpath") is unnecessary, all such information is included in the tags and can be added if desired by data consumers. They do not belong in the main database. It's worth having a read of the Good Practices page on the wiki http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Good_practice#Don.27t_use_name_tag_to_describe_things.
SK53
PS. You have mis-spelt Towpath in later edits.
Ways (6)
- The Big Track (330610053), v2
- The Big Track (330610049), v2
- The Big Track (124080585), v5
- The Big Tack (78038601), v12
- 35382208, v7
- The Big Track (151814402), v4
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