See my earlier reply ... You are right. In the UK 'footway' is the official term for what our American cousins call a 'sidewalk'. However, the use of the tag 'footway' is so enshrined in OSM practice (and 'path' tends to be reserved for something rather informal and faint and rural that does not fit any more precise category) so I still support 'footway' despite the linguistic glitch!
Mike Harris -----Original Message----- From: Jack Stringer [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: 17 July 2009 13:06 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [OSM-newbies] Paths and Footways Just been out in my van and I noticed a road sign that read 'No Footway for 700yrds' in this sense it was referring to the pavement along the road. Jack Stringer _______________________________________________ newbies mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/newbies
