Proposed features/Climbing

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This proposal is for a set of tags to describe climbing routes and crags

Contents 1 Climbing Routes 2 Crags 3 Boulders 4 Related tags

Climbing Routes

Climbing routes can be shown with a single node marking the bottom of the route, tagged with climbing=route_bottom, or two nodes tagged with climbing=route_bottom and climbing=route_top with a way between them tagged with climbing=route.

Since climbing routes are generally quite vertical, the start and end nodes may be almost on top of each other. The rationale behind allowing two nodes and a connecting way, even though they may be extremely close on the map, is to allow a path connecting to the bottom of the route to be differentiated from a path connecting to the top. As such, if there is no top-access to the route, only a single node, marking the start, is probably preferable.

I am interested in this tagging scheme, but actually the status is "inactive". The author of the proposal or other people have used this tags in some place? Can you give an example how it can look? At least the proposed tag route_bottom would be a starting point to register important climbing routes. - See use at [1] --Federico Explorador 16:47, 12 April 2012 (BST)

Key	Value	Element	Comment	Example	Icon
name	*		Name of the route
climbing	route_bottom		This is the bottom of a climbing route.
climbing	route_top		This is the top of a climbing route.
climbing	route		This is the route itself (but see the note above).
climbing:rock	limestone sandstone slate etc.		What type of rock is it? (Note: this could be placed on a relation - see "Crags", below).
climbing:grade:british:adjectival	Easy M D HD VD HVD S HS VS HVS E1 E2 E3 etc.		British adjectival grade for the route
climbing:grade:british:technical	4a 4b 4c 5a etc		British technical grade for the route
climbing:grade:french	4a 4b 4c 5a etc		French grade for the route
climbing:grade:ewbank	4 5 6 etc		Ewbank grade for the route
climbing:grade:brazilian	6 6sup 7a etc		Brazilian grade for the route
climbing:grade:uiaa	III IV V etc		UIAA grade for the route
climbing:grade:alpine	F PD AD D TD ED		French Alpine System
climbing:grade:yds_grade	II III IV etc		Yosemite Decimal System grade for the route
climbing:grade:yds_class	1 2 3 5.6 5.10b etc		Yosemite Decimal System class for the route
climbing:grade:yds_protection	G PG R X		Yosemite Decimal System protection rating for the route
climbing:grade:hueco	V0 V1 V2 etc.		Hueco bouldering grade
climbing:bolted	yes no (default)		Is the route bolted?
climbing:length	*		The length of the route (in metres)
climbing:pitches	*		How many pitches make up the route? (Defaults to 1)

Crags

All of the routes within a crag can be grouped into a relation and must be tagged with climbing=crag.

Key	Value	Element	Comment	Example	Icon
climbing	crag		This is a crag.
name	*		Name of the crag
climbing:rock	limestone sandstone slate etc.		What type of rock is it?

Boulders

Boulders are small rocks that have "problems" instead of routes. Sometimes they can be climbed with less protection than other areas to practice moves.

Key	Value	Element	Comment	Example	Icon
climbing	boulder		This is a boulder
name	*		Name of the boulder
climbing:rock	limestone sandstone slate etc.		What type of rock is it?

Related tags

Accepted Map Features are:

natural=cliff

natural=stone

natural=scree

highway=path

sac_scale=*

Proposed Features where we could share ideas and maybe re-use common tags:

via ferrata proposal

bare rock proposal