On Mon, Jan 27, 2020 at 10:53 AM Tod Fitch <[email protected]> wrote:
> But having values of footway, path, cycleway and bridal way allow a short hand that allows the map users (and renderers) to use a set of assumptions about the way. And it allows mappers to quickly categorize the way. I personally would find it tedious to the point of probably not mapping if I had to estimate surface smoothness and width (both of which can vary wildly) along the length of a hiking trail to indicate this was a “path” rather than a “footway”. "path" is a quick way for me to categorize a way. Indicating that it is something narrower than a track. As I learn more about it, I add additional tags, most notably, access tags. I would find it very tedious to try to determine for what purpose most trails around where I live were built before I mapped them.
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