Proposal: Automated edit – add dog=leashed to all public paths in the city of Plzeň

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Hi everyone,

I’d like to propose a minor but city-wide automated edit in the area of Plzeň (Czech Republic).

Goal:
To add the following tags to all highway-type ways (streets, footways, paths, cycleways, etc.) within the administrative boundary of the city of Plzeň:

dog=leashed
dog:description=Na území města Plzně je zakázáno volné pobíhání psů. Výjimku tvoří místa k tomu určená, např. psí loučky

Reason:
This is based on a municipal regulation that prohibits unleashed dogs in public areas of the city (https://vyhlasky.plzen.eu/soubor/367). Specific areas (dog parks etc.) are exempt, and can override this tag locally.

Plan:

  • Area: administrative boundary of Plzeň (admin_level=8, name=Plzeň).
  • Target: all ways with highway=* within that area.
  • Method: Using Overpass query in JOSM, manually checking each batch before upload.
  • I will run the edit gradually, grouped by districts, and stop on any serious feedback.
  • Changesets will be marked with comment, source, and mechanical=yes tags.

OSM username: Thisik
I will perform the edit from this account.

Please let me know your feedback, concerns, or if there’s any local consensus I might have missed.
If there is disagreement, I’ll gladly withdraw or modify the plan.

Thanks for your time!

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Please let me know your feedback, concerns, or if there’s any local consensus I might have missed.
If there is disagreement, I’ll gladly withdraw or modify the plan.

is it signposted or otherwise visible on the ground? Generally we do not map laws and regulations that aren’t specific to a feature (like no littering in the whole of a country mapped on everything).

https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Good_practice#Don’t_map_local_legislation_if_not_bound_to_specific_objects

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