I have been building a trail for the last 5+ years. Last year some people started to find and use it. That is fine, but it is not finished. I was really hoping I could delay the display of this trail on public maps for this last summer as I finish the trail. Is there a way to temporarily prevent this from being displayed on apps like trailforks and Gaia? I do not want to mess with anyone elses edits or hard work, but I would appreciate some respect for all the hard work I put in on this and allowing me to finish it properly.
If it’s still under construction, you can tag it as highway=construction, construction=path. Most maps will still show it, but in a distinct “under construction” style, and routing engines will not give routes along it.
Alternatively, you can use the construction:lifecycle prefix. This will completely hide it from nearly all maps, but is a non-standard tagging and many quality-assurance tools won’t handle it the way they would the highway=construction tag.