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I have been rambling along the Via Algaviana (Cross Algave Rambling Route) for 2 days now and would like to add a OSM relation to map this wonderful route. See: http://www.viaalgarviana.org/ingles/projecto_oquee.html What I don't know is: Is/Are part(s) already mapped and does a relation number already exist which I should add to. I don't know how to search the relation data base for a "RELATION-NAME" It would seem to me that a name related search should be possible: i.e. Seach for "El Camino de Santiago" (Jakobsweg in German)(Way_of_St._James in English) See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Way_of_St._James Any ideas Thanks dcp |
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Don't bother searching. If the relation does not cover any ways in the area you are mapping (and you would notice that if you select a way in your editor and it says "this way is part of relation ...), then just create a new relation. If, in traveling onwards, you later find that another relation exists, you can merge them - but it is not strictly necessary for there to be one relation that covers one rambling route from start to finish. Thank-you Frederick
(19 Mar '11, 19:18)
dcp
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It might also be worth having a look at Lonvia's site http://osm.lonvia.de/world_hiking.html. Looking west of Alcoutim, I don't see anything marked (Lonvia's site picks up most hiking / foot route relations - see "about the map" for more details), so it looks like you're the first to map this one. Re Santiago de Compostela, if you zoom in just east of Santiago on Lonvia's site you can see a number of pilgrimage routes marked. The "routes" link at the bottom right shows things like the relation number and other information. This is a very nice rendition of OSM rambling relations. Thank-you very much. The Via Algaviana has not been maped. As it is over 200 km long and sometimes very risky (crossing rivers the old way: Shoes off and wade through carrying your wife of over 70 years) I'll only be able to do portions off it. Some of the younger OSMers can carry on.
(20 Mar '11, 07:37)
dcp
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It is also worth looking at the OSM wiki, and try searching for anything relevant. There are various projects and pages related to mapping hiking routes. There's a wiki page on the Camino de Santiago, which lists relations for various parts of the route. So you can check that for any relations in the section you are mapping. If there isn't anything, you could create another relation and add a link on that wiki page. Also see the wiki page for WikiProject Europe/Long-distance paths, which the Camino de Santiage is part of. Here is quote from: http://www.viaalgarviana.org/ingles/Percurso.html "Via Algarviana is a foot path between Alcoutim and Cape Saint Vincent, 240Km long, mostly in the countryside area of the Algarve. The main objective is to transform Via Algarviana into a Main Path (GR13) and at the same time, be part of the Trans-European Paths, connecting with E4 and E9." So your info was dead right: Thanks
(20 Mar '11, 07:44)
dcp
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If you know the number of the relation you can search in Potlatch 2 - see the answer to this question. |