Steve Bennett <[email protected]> wrote: > On Fri, Feb 22, 2013 at 10:43 PM, Erik Johansson <[email protected]> > wrote: > > I feel dirty every time I do that, they are usually tagged as > > surface=mud.. :-) Basically I map them if there really is a path > > there and it seems usefull, even though it's clearly not a > designated > > path. > > > There definitely should be a convention for mapping footpads/goat > tracks/desire lines. They're real things, they're verifiable, they're > useful to map. highway=path; path=footpad perhaps? > > Separately there is the question of mapping router hints: suggested > routes across open areas. I don't see a problem, in principle, with > recording hints, as long as it's clear that that's all they are: > foot=yes;_hint=yes perhaps. > > For the example at hand, I think standard practice is to connect the > path to the edge of the parking lot, then make sure the other edge of > the parking lot is connected to a highway=service... > > Steve > > _______________________________________________ > Tagging mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging
Footpath, not footpad. A footpad is a type of robber. If I saw a path marked as highway=footpad, it would suggest that the path is through a high-crime area, and you are likely to be mugged. -- John F. Eldredge -- [email protected] "Reserve your right to think, for even to think wrongly is better than not to think at all." -- Hypatia of Alexandria _______________________________________________ Tagging mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging
