That makes sense, Andrew, but note that some issue reporting systems in editors might flag that as a tagging mistake that needs fixing. I believe one of the tools in iD will recommend removing what it considers to be unnecessarily duplicated information.
Just a heads up, not a criticism :) Stéphane Guillou > On 13 Oct 2021, at 19:33, Andrew Harvey <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > >> On Wed, 13 Oct 2021 at 20:03, <[email protected]> wrote: >> The only other difference was a general ambivalence on how shared paths are >> tagged. The wiki says highway=cycleway & foot=designated, people here were >> also happy with highway=footway & bicycle=designated. Two sides of the same >> coin I guess, and depends on which camp you're in. 😊 >> >> >> >> Personally, I use both of these for shared paths depending if I consider >> them more or less suitable for cycling (primarily based on width). >> >> highway=cycleway >> foot=designated >> segregated=no >> >> >> >> and >> >> >> >> highway=footway >> bicycle=designated >> segregated=no >> >> >> >> both adequately describe a shared path IMO, but I would expect a “cycleway” >> to be wider and generally more suitable for cycling than a footway. They do >> render differently, and I would expect a bicycle router to give shared path >> cycleways some preference over shared path footways. >> > > Same here. My rule of thumb is when it's a footpath (ie. footway=sidewalk, > it's running along the edge of a street) shared path I'd use highway=footway, > and when it's not a footpath (not footway=sidewalk) then highway=cycleway. > But I wouldn't say that's applied widely in OSM data. > > But because highway=cycleway and highway=footway are a bit interchangeable > for shared paths I'll also add both foot=designated and bicycle=designated so > that if the highway tag is changed at least both access are clear. > _______________________________________________ > Talk-au mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-au
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