Key:trail_visibility
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Classification scheme for trail (not route) visibility and way-finding skill required. 
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The key =* was created as part of a classification scheme for hiking trails. It is most often used on informal paths in all kinds of settings, and back-country and wilderness trails.
This key describes attributes regarding orientation skills required to follow a path (not the route). See sac_scale=* for attributes regarding difficulty.
How to map
Add the key =* to a way with one of the following primary feature tags:
Values
| Value | Trail | Requirements | Example |
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excellent
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Unambiguous path or markers everywhere | None, orientation unproblematic, no map required | 
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good
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Path or next marker always visible, but sometimes has to be searched for | Basic sense of direction, map recommended | 
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intermediate
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Path (or markers) mostly visible | Good sense of direction, map required | 
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bad
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Path (or markers) sometimes invisible/absent, route partly pathless | Basic skills in orientation | 
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horrible
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Often pathless without visible markers | Advanced orientational skills | 
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no
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Mostly pathless or no markers | Excellent orientational skills | 
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Controversy
Based on the guidelines of verifiability some people find this tag lacking of verifiability. As always on OSM, use your best judgement to follow common sense and consensus. Please, have a look at the discussion page at Talk:Proposed features/Hiking. You can use the talk page for suggesting improvement.
Possible tagging mistakes
See also
- Approved features/Hiking
- Hiking Maps to see how this tag is rendered by OSM hiking maps
sac_scale=*– a classification scheme for hiking trailsmtb:scale=*– a classification scheme for the difficulty of trails for mountainbikingtrailblazed:visibility=*– for quality (visibility) of trail markers