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April 17, 2023
Last map edit:
December 30, 2025

Working on walking/cycling routes in Halton Ontario, and canoe routes in Algonquin Provincial Park.

Algonquin

https://openstreetbrowser.org/#map=11/45.6311/-78.6295&categories=custom/b6ebbe9a1ba6bf7608f56aaa1d308daf,paddling_amenities,paddling_hazards,paddling_routes

Algonquin Provincial Park does not have discrete “canoe routes”. Instead, there is one giant network consisting of over 2000km of inter-connected lakes, portages, streams, and rivers. “Algonquin Paddle Routes” is one giant Relation of type=route. It’s related to Ways of portage/paddle segments. relation/15741183

https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:type=route
https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:name=Algonquin Park Canoe Routes Network
https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:network=Algonquin Park Canoe Routes Network
https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:network:type=rpn
https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:route=canoe
https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:canoe=yes

Portages are a Way. These are largely-complete footpaths. Eg way/74719541

https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:name=Canoe Lake to Joe Lake Portage (295m)
https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:canoe=portage
https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:highway=footway
https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:length ?
https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:lit=no ?

Paths across lakes are a Way (or several), connecting portages together on each end. Eg way/1163707417

https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:canoe=yes
name?
highway?
waterway?

Portages and Canoe Paths meet at a Put-in node. Eg node/1912217342

https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:canoe=put_in
https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:access=yes?

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Diary Entry One-way streets incorrectly tagged with bike lanes on both sides

In the Halton region in Ontario Canada (and probably elsewhere), many two-way streets split with a boulevard are modelled as two one-way street seg...

Comments 3 comments Date May 29, 2025