Tag:network=Vitaparcours

network = Vitaparcours
Description
Network of fitness trails in Switzerland ("Parcours Vita" in French, "Percorso Vita" in Italian).
Group: properties
Used on these elements
Useful combination
network:wikidata=Q2528631 For relations: route=fitness_trail type=route operator=Commune de .. website=* url=* ref=* start_date=* fixme=start;stations;trail;parking note=incomplet? voir https://osm.wiki/wiki/Switzerland/Parcoursvita maintenance=*
Status: in use
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Tag with key network=* with value "Vitaparcours" for a type of fitness trail in Switzerland. In French, these are generally named "Parcours Vita" or "Piste Vita". There is a final "s" even in singular. In Italian, "Percorso Vita" is used.

The tag is used for trail relations. It could be used for station nodes as well. Trail relations can include ways of the trail, fitness stations, starting point, parking and stop.

Trails are maintained by local organizations, usually the municipality.

The trails are generally signed as "Z ZURICH parcoursvita" in French ("vitaparcours" in German or "percorsovita" in Italian). Signs for trails are provided by "Stiftung VITA Parcours" (for stations, see pdf in German, French or Italian).

See Switzerland/Parcoursvita, DE:Switzerland/Parcoursvita

Tags on relations

• Same tags for all trails
  • route=fitness_trail
  • type=route
  • roundtrip=yes
  • network:wikidata=Q2528631
  • network:wikipedia=de:Vitaparcours (no article in French nor Italian)
• Name
  • name=*
  • name:fr=Parcours Vita de ..
  • name:de=VitaParcours ..
  • name:it=Percorso Vita ..
  • short_name=*
• operator=Commune de ..
• operator:wikidata=*
• website=*
• url=*
• ref=*
• opening_hours=* if there is some limitation
• dog=* depending on what is signed: dog=no, dog=leashed. Should be on ways as well.
• start_date=* (year the parcours was set up)
• Signage
  • osmc:symbol=blue:blue:white_pointer (generally)
  • symbol=yellow arrow (some have this, paint on trees)
  • signed_direction=yes if it's NOT easily possible to follow the path in the opposite direction (depends on the signs/simplicity of the trail). oneway=* is for something else.
• Metrics
  • distance=* in km
  • ascent=* in m or descent=* in m
  • actual_energy_expenditure_length=* (include unit)
• Text/description
  • description=* text for users of the Map
  • fixme=start;stations;trail;parking things needing fixing on the Map, for oneself or other mappers
  • note=incomplet? voir https://osm.wiki/wiki/Switzerland/Parcoursvita text for other mappers
  • maintenance=* text for the operator of the parcours; such as missing signs, broken equipment. The foundation also accepts reports by email.

More at Switzerland/Parcoursvita or Tag:route=fitness_trail

Roles of members, sample tags for these

A trail relation can link to ways of the paths, fitness stations, starting point, parking and end point (stop).

• start/start_stop
  • name=Parcours Vita de ..
  • alt_name=Piste Vita de ..
  • name=VitaParcours ..

This could be a station or a board.

• station
  • leisure=fitness_station
  • ref=number (number of station)
  • sport=fitness (or other}

More at Tag:leisure=fitness_station.

• trail/route/path/
  • Generally some of the ways on the map need to be cut in two to allow to connect all segments for the full trail.
  • forward or backward allows to indicate in which direction a way is followed. This depends on the definition of the OSM way, look for the small indicator in ID-editor. When reversing the direction of the way, this needs switching too. The same OSM way can be followed multiple times (sample: 20699006 20699006).
  • highway=path etc
• parking
  • amenity=parking
• stop

Trails with a node (such as the start) or a way named "Parcours Vita" (French), "Vitaparcours" (German), etc are easier to find.

Ways/nodes possibly missing in relations

Ways named Vita not in relations

Ways named "vita" not included in relations (could be unrelated)

try it yourself in overpass-turbo

[out:json][timeout:100];
{{geocodeArea:CH}}->.a;
way(area.a)[name~"[vV]ita"]
  [!"social_facility"]
  [!"healthcare"]
  ["amenity"!="pharmacy"]
->.vita_ways;
rel(area.a)["route"="fitness_trail"];
way(r)->.vita_routes;
(.vita_ways; - .vita_routes;);
out body;
>;
out skel qt;

Nodes named Vita not in relations

Nodes named "vita" not included in relations (false positives include pharmacies)

try it yourself in overpass-turbo

[out:json][timeout:100];
{{geocodeArea:CH}}->.a;
node(area.a)[name~"[vV]ita([^l].*)?$"]
  ["amenity"!="pharmacy"]
  ["amenity"!="restaurant"]
  ["shop"!="hairdresser"]
  [!"social_facility"]
  [!"healthcare"]
  ["name"!~"Dolce Vita"]
  ->.vita_nodes;
rel(area.a)["route"="fitness_trail"];
node(r)->.vita_routes;
(.vita_nodes; - .vita_routes;);
out body;
>;
out skel qt;

fitness_station not in relations

Nodes of fitness_station not in a fitness_trail relation (many false positives)

Sample limits to those with ref=*:

try it yourself in overpass-turbo

[out:json][timeout:100];
{{geocodeArea:CH}}->.a;
node(area.a)[leisure=fitness_station]
  [ref] // limit to those with ref
  ->.vita_nodes;
rel(area.a)["route"="fitness_trail"];
node(r)->.vita_routes;
(.vita_nodes; - .vita_routes;);
out body;
>;
out skel qt;

Untagged relations

operator Vita not in network

Operator vita without network tag:

try it yourself in overpass-turbo

[out:json][timeout:25];
{{geocodeArea:CH}}->.searchArea;
relation[operator~"[vV]ita([^l].*)?$"]
  [!"social_facility"]
  [!"healthcare"]
  ["network"!="Vitaparcours"]
  (area.searchArea);
out geom;

fitness_trail vita not in network

Fitness trail named "Vita" without network tag:

try it yourself in overpass-turbo

[out:json]
[timeout:50];
{{geocodeArea:CH}}->.searchArea;
(
  relation["route"="fitness_trail"]
  [name~"[vV]ita"]
  ["network"!="Vitaparcours"]
  (area.searchArea);
);
out geom;

Relations named vita not marked as fitness_trail

Relations named "Vita" not marked as fitness trails (none in May 2026):

try it yourself in overpass-turbo

[out:json]
[timeout:50];
{{geocodeArea:CH}}->.searchArea;
(
  relation[name~"[vV]ita([^l].*)?$"]
  ["route"!="fitness_trail"]
  (area.searchArea);
);
out geom;

Above combined

try it yourself in overpass-turbo

[out:json]
[timeout:50];
{{geocodeArea:CH}}->.searchArea;
(
  relation["operator"~"[vV]ita([^l].*)?$"]
  ["network"!="Vitaparcours"]
  [!"social_facility"]
  [!"healthcare"]
  (area.searchArea);
  
  relation[name~"[vV]ita([^l].*)?$"]
  ["network"!="Vitaparcours"]
  [!"social_facility"]
  [!"healthcare"]
  (area.searchArea);
);
out geom;

See Also

Parcours Vita

name=Parcoursvita $1% $1% $1% $1% More details at taginfo	name=Parcours Vita $1% $1% $1% $1% More details at taginfo	name=parcoursvita $1% $1% $1% $1% More details at taginfo
name=Zurich Parcoursvita $1% $1% $1% $1% More details at taginfo	name=Piste Vita $1% $1% $1% $1% More details at taginfo

VitaParcours

name=Vita Parcours $1% $1% $1% $1% More details at taginfo	name=Vita parcours $1% $1% $1% $1% More details at taginfo	name=Vita-Parcours $1% $1% $1% $1% More details at taginfo	name=Vitaparcours $1% $1% $1% $1% More details at taginfo	name=vitaparcours $1% $1% $1% $1% More details at taginfo
name=Zurich Vitaparcours $1% $1% $1% $1% More details at taginfo	name=Zurich vitaparcours $1% $1% $1% $1% More details at taginfo
name=Vitaparcour $1% $1% $1% $1% More details at taginfo	name=Vita-Parcour $1% $1% $1% $1% More details at taginfo
name=Vitaparcourstrasse $1% $1% $1% $1% More details at taginfo

Percorso Vita

name=Percorso Vita $1% $1% $1% $1% More details at taginfo

name=Percorso vita $1% $1% $1% $1% More details at taginfo