I'm not sure exactly how I should map a trail

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I’m trying to map a designated horse trail.

What I was thinking of doing was mapping each independent component of the trail (eg bridges, paths, etc) with their independent physical features (eg surfaces), and then applying a type=route relation to group them all with route=horse, but then I’m not sure about what to do for the name and the access tags. Would I apply horse=designated and motor_vehicle=no to the route or each way within? Would I apply the name of the entire trail to the route or to each individual way within the route, or maybe both? Should I not even use a route?

Perhaps I misunderstand the purpose of the route relation, I’m not sure.

For reference, this is the trail that I’ve currently mapped.

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It doesn’t sound to me like you need a route relation for this .

Split the way as many times as needed to cover changing characteristics (surface, access restrictions, bridges, etc.). Put the name on each portion. That should be sufficient.

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This would be sufficient if the trail is completely exclusive for horse riders (bridleway).

If it partaly uses also other ways a relation (for the commen trail specific attributes) would be better. Surface and sccess is to tag at each way (segment).

Your Example looks like you don’t need a relation.

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You would add a relation if that trail is signed on the ground by Route markers.

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