Hi

On 2019-03-06 01:19, Martin Koppenhoefer wrote:
>
> sent from a phone
>
>> On 5. Mar 2019, at 23:06, Richard <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>> highway=via_ferrata is supported by almost all renderers(*) and you will
>> break them.
>> Not only is there no need to remove it but it is highly counterproductive.
>>
>> via_ferrata_scale on a highway=path would be considered (yet another) troll 
>> tag so that would be a step back.
>
> +1, the reason via ferrata has been given its own highway value was to 
> require from data consumers to explicitly include it (so they would be aware 
> and had to decide how and if it was included in their work). If it would just 
> be a property of an established highway class like path, many maps would 
> accidentally render these in an inappropriate way without being aware of it.

Thanks a lot for the explanation. I read up on troll tag and it seems
wise to avoid those.

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