Footway is a constructed or engineered way, dedicated and built to a grade where foot traffic should expect an easy walk. This might make other traffic passage easier as well ( bikes), but engineered with pedestrians in mind.
Path is a cleared area with minimal-to-no construction to create the surface, or uses repurposed ways/areas that are no longer suitable for 4 wheel traffic (and abandoned road, track, or brownfield). The lack of considerate engineering means the way can be used by any non 4-wheel traffic because it was not engineered at a grade to specifically be a footpath. Before they change path to mimic footpath, can we at least have a "trail" way then? This is getting ridiculous. This change also means the retagging of all paths in Japan, as path is defined as a trail. But thanks to a data import a long time ago using path, almost all paths need to be re tagged as tracks anyways (as they are tracks dedicated to 4 wheel (farming) vehicles. Javbw > On Aug 28, 2015, at 5:14 AM, geow <ks...@web.de> wrote: > > So do you have any functional suggestions or enhancements to my proposition > in the OP for a proper classification criteria between footway and path? > > Thanks, > geow _______________________________________________ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging
