Jo <[email protected]> wrote: > pad is Dutch for path. (It also means toad in Dutch, but that is, of > course, unrelated) > > In English I only knew pad as something to jot on. Like a notepad. > > Maybe you should add those other meanings to Wiktionary.org, > > Jo > > 2013/2/22 Steve Bennett <[email protected]> > > > On Sat, Feb 23, 2013 at 3:29 AM, John F. Eldredge > <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > 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. > > > > Hmm, it must be a fairly uncommonly used Australian term. > > > > http://www.mthotham.com.au/mountain/summer/bushwalking_trails/ > > > > > http://rollick.com.au/2012/the-australian-alps-walking-track/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-australian-alps-walking-track > > > > Search for 'pad' in those pages. It has the meaning of an > > unmaintained, low usage walking track with a natural surface - > whereas > > "footpath" implies much more maintenance, use of gravel etc. > > > > But yeah. Not a good word for an OSM tag if it's so obscure. > > > > Steve > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Tagging mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Tagging mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging
The meaning is already in Wiktionary.org as definition 3: (archaic) a thief on foot who robs travelers. My Rand-McNally dictionary states that the earliest usage of footpad to mean a robber dates from 1678. -- 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
