The question started with the head of recreational management at the Norwegian Environment Agency came to my office suggesting we store hiking activities in OpenStreetMap. It did not immediately, after a while or even now strike me as a superb idea. But his intentions are good. He wants to establish a data flow for information about pedestrian use of trails. He also knows that establishing a fully fledged data management system is abig and expensive thing.
My question was admittedly broad. But my quest remains - I want to know if someone knows about standards or systems which can do this. I should probably point this out more specifically. Any ideas of how to tune this question towards this end are most welcome.
