[Tagging] Some problems with representing highways as areas

2014-08-20 Thread Mateusz Konieczny
Is it OK to tag linear pedestrian highways (highway=footway on way) as highway=footway+area=yes areas? Is it OK to tag linear pedestrian highways (highway=footway on way) as highway=footway+area=yes areas and delete linear segments? Is it OK to tag linear highways used by pedestrian and cyclists

Re: [Tagging] Some problems with representing highways as areas

2014-08-20 Thread Martin Koppenhoefer
areas for directional highways can be mapped _additionally_ as area:highway=* but you should not delete the linear graph. highway=* together with area=yes is for highway areas that are not directional (I.e. they're omnidirectional). footway and area=yes does not make sense to me, as this

Re: [Tagging] Some problems with representing highways as areas

2014-08-20 Thread Mateusz Konieczny
2014-08-20 23:54 GMT+02:00 Martin Koppenhoefer dieterdre...@gmail.com: footway and area=yes does not make sense to me, as this would usually be pedestrian, no? In this case it makes sense as somebody want to map as area something that clearly is a linear footway.

Re: [Tagging] Some problems with representing highways as areas

2014-08-20 Thread Martin Koppenhoefer
Il giorno 21/ago/2014, alle ore 00:00, Mateusz Konieczny matkoni...@gmail.com ha scritto: In this case it makes sense as somebody want to map as area something that clearly is a linear footway. as I've pointed out, s/he should use area:highway for this and keep the linear