What about these white+red markings on hiking trails?

Communities ישראל (Israel)
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I have seen these markings along some trails recently.

http://imgur.com/J08MhIT

They are different from the usual coloured stripes on white background, which are used for marking trails. Here, there are only two stripes, a white one and a red one.

Which organization is responsible for these markings?
How should we put them on the map?

I see that the usual white-red-white markings are mapped like this:

  • The way has tag colour=red
  • The relation has network=lwn, operator=itc, osmc:symbol=red:white:red_stripe

Here, the already mapped way with white+red marking has colour=red but belongs to no relation:
http://www.openstreetmap.org/way/467608440

In order to clarify the appearance of the marking (white+red, not white+red+white), we need to put this osmc:symbol tag somewhere. Open Street Map wiki (http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:osmc:symbol) suggests that we can only put it on a relation.

Thoughts?
Answers?

2

It looks like trauils added by the Haifa WadisTrail.

Most of the trails they map have a relation, such as http://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/3734116.
I’ve asked them to handle the relations for the newer trails, but got no response.

3

Thanks for the info!
I’ll handle the relation if no one else does it, in a few days.

Any idea about this one, which I have added to the Map yesterday?

https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/484260759

It’s not in the Haifa area, but has the same style.

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I have no idea.

Generally, I would suggest we do not map trails who’s operator is unknown. It may confuse people, especially when such a trail is in a proclaimed or planned nature reserve.

I think this segment is crossing the boundary of a planned nature reserve.