Proposed features/trailhead
| Status: | Proposed (under way) |
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| Proposed by: | geobrando |
| Tagging: | highway=trailhead |
| Applies to: | 
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| Definition: | An established place where one can access a recreational trail |
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| Rendered as: | 
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| Drafted on: | 2015-04-11 |
| RFC start: | 2015-04-12 |
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Proposal
A trailhead is an established and officially condoned place where one can access a trail or trail system. Trailheads often include various amenities such as parking, restrooms, drinking water, guideposts, and information kiosks. These amenities are available to facilitate the transition to a recreational mode of transportation such as hiking, mountain biking, or equestrianism.
Rationale
Trailheads are points-of-interest that help designate well-established places to start or end a trip. If mapped in OSM, a start of a path marked as highway=trailhead would differentiate it from other path/road junctions that may not be suitable recreation starting points. Additionally, a trailhead designation would help further advertise the existence of an established recreational trail network.
Examples
Observable trailheads are frequently present on trails found in regional or national parks. Park authorities such as the U.S. National Park Service maintain a database called Places in which employees can add/edit trailheads and other points-of-interest located in national parks.
Tagging
A trailhead should be mapped as a node or a node that is part of a trail segment (i.e.,highway=path) and should be tagged primarily as highway=trailhead.
The following may optionally be tagged directly on the trailhead:
Associated attributes or features can be represented by additional tags applied to a trailhead node, or on a separate object as part of a relation depending on the how the trailhead is modeled.
Appropriate tags may include:
- name=*if the trailhead has a common name
- amenity=toilets or toilets=yes/no
- amenity=drinking_water or drinking_water=yes/no
- amenity=bicycle_parking or bicycle_parking=*
- information=board
- information=guidepost
- barrier=*
- access=* (including conditional restrictions)
Applies to
When mapped as a Node, it identifies the location of the trailhead. The node should be connected to the trail ways that start from this trailhead.
When mapped as a Relation, it is made up of member elements that together define the trailhead. These may include information signs, barriers, parking, toilets, and other features commonly found at trailhead locations.
Rendering
Trailheads could be rendered using a symbol modeled after , an icon from the NPMaps Places collection.
Features/Pages affected
Many existing nodes may represent trailheads and it may be appropriate to tag them as such.
Pages affected:
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