On Mon, Nov 3, 2014 at 5:14 PM, johnw <jo...@mac.com> wrote: > AFIK - footway and path are more toward the width, surface, smoothness, > maintenance level, and expected use of the way. a sidewalk often gets > tagged as footpath, as would be a concrete walkway in a garden. > > Paths are usually less maintained, less even, narrower, and lower grade > surfaces. > > footpath doesn’t imply horses=no, it implies cars=no. >
vehicle=no, actually. Bicycles are typically banned on sidewalks unless otherwise posted in most areas that are party to the Bern Conventions on traffic. to me path implies wheelchair=no. > I don't know about that, path's generally the multimodal middle between footway (like a city sidewalk) and cycleway (which often implies foot=no; less commonly foot=yes, rarely foot=designated; I explicitly tag if it's unclear on footway, path, cycleway and motorway beyond the absolutely most broad assumptions; though it's safe to say anything that's a sidewalk mapped as a footway in downtown areas of pretty much anywhere in America is probably suspect if it says bicycle=yes without a source). > if they are wide, well maintained, somewhat smooth and hard, and easily > passible, then they are footpaths. > > if it is a track for emergency access vehicles that is usually open for > hiking, horses, and bikes, then label it is a track instead, cars=emergency > or whatever that exact tag is > cars=* isn't a tag. motor_vehicle would be...
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