Changeset: 39462669
Added and corrected information for various trails with the McDowell Mountain Regional Park.
Closed by F_H_Howler
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Comment from Constable
hi, I just noticed this trail name https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/419812034 and then I gave a look at its tags. Please keep in mind that the name tag has to point out the real name of an object, not every info related to it.
If you want to point out that the trail is not accessible to hikers/pedestrians you should only add the foot=no tag, why is this trail tagged as foot=yes then? are hikers allowed on it?
The same works for this one https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/330609298, if the trail is closed you just need to add the access=no + description="trail closed in December 2016", using the name tag to point out those info is not correct.
I think I can get the reason behind this usage of the name tag but first it's not correct, second, it's less useful than you might think, and I'm explaining you why.
If you add a name like that, everyone using strava or one of the other routing services available (eg http://openrouteservice.org/ ) to create a route from point A to point B might not see the name you added and the software will let him hike up those trails, even if they are named "** TRAIL CLOSED **" and "**NO HIKING**". If you instead add the proper tags ( foot=no or access=no in this cases), the routing services will recognize those trails and will use them according to those tags.
Feel free to ask in case you have some doubts, I'm not going to edit this area right, so that you can see what I'm talking about, but I'll give it a look in the next days.
Thanks
Ways (8)
- McDowell Competitive Track (Long Loop) **NO HIKING ** (419812034), v1
- Tortoise Trail (330600891), v3
- Pemberton Pond (418878972), v2
- ** TRAIL CLOSED ** (330609298), v3
- McDowell Competitive Track (Long Loop) **NO HIKING ** (418382545), v2
- Staging Area (418523206), v2
- Four Peaks Staging Area (418523210), v2
419731563, v2
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