Via Romea Francigena

The 'Via Romea & Via Francigena', an ancient road between Canterbury and Rome and beyond, which passes through England, France, Switzerland and Italy. It was an important medieval road and pilgrimage route connecting north-western Europe with Rome.

To pilgrims headed south, it was the Via Romea, to those headed north, the Via Francigena.

 Via Romea Francigena (XML, check, manage, JOSM, history, view, gpx ) The mapping of the Via Romea Francigena is part of the European long-distance paths program

The EV5, that is the bicycle version of the pilgrimage, is mapped on an other relation.

Note : for mapping the bicycle itinerary see EV5.

Contents 1 The Map 2 Mapping: the Relations 2.1 Tags 2.2 Members 2.3 Other 3 Via Romea Francigena in different countries 3.1 England 3.2 France 3.3 Switzerland 3.4 Italy 4 Mapped so far 5 Links 6 Notes

The Map

• You can see the Via Romea Francigena on the beautifull map : lonvia
• http://www.viafrancigena.org/ alpha, with POI's

Mapping: the Relations

Tags

Each country could have a relation according to the following example :

Tag	Note
type=route
route=hiking
ref=Via Romea Francigena
name=Via Romea Francigena - French part
network=iwn
osmc:symbol=blue:blue:yellow_dot
religion=christian

Members

Type	Role	Discussion
	(blank) or 'forward' or 'backward' [1]	the ways making up the route.
	place_of_worship	Main churches along the way or at stages where are services for pilgrims.
	information	Information resource for pilgrims see information=*

Other

Don't forget mapping the amenities (shelter, fountain, drinking water, bench, toilets, pharmacy... amenity=*), shops (shop=*) and other touristic features (hostel, camp, picnic_site, viewpoint... tourism=*) along the way that could have interest for the pilgrims, but WITHOUT including them into the relation.

Via Romea Francigena in different countries

Country	from to	Status	Relation	Notes
England		1%	1069756 (XML, check, manage, JOSM, history, view, gpx )
France		1%	371544 (XML, check, manage, JOSM, history, view, gpx )
Switzerland		100%	124582 (XML, check, manage, JOSM, history, view, gpx )
Italy		9%	955907 (XML, check, manage, JOSM, history, view, gpx )  1471008 (XML, check, manage, JOSM, history, view, gpx ) Piemont  1471005 (XML, check, manage, JOSM, history, view, gpx ) Emilia-Romania  334891 (XML, check, manage, JOSM, history, view, gpx ) Tuscany  1471006 (XML, check, manage, JOSM, history, view, gpx ) Lazio ||

Mapped so far

• Here what it has been mapped so far. broken

• Browse page on openstreetmap.org

Links

• http://www.francigena-international.org
• http://www.associazioneviafrancigena.com/

Notes

1. ↑ The destination is Roma. If the way is leading to Roma, chose forward or left blank, otherwise chose backward