On Thu, 27 Jan 2022 at 17:56, Phil Wyatt <[email protected]> wrote:
> Just a quick thing I noticed – the main tagging page says not to use do > not use highway <https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:highway>=footway > <https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:highway%3Dfootway> and the > preference is highway <https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:highway>= > path <https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:highway%3Dpath>, but the > walking track page mentions that tag regularly – what is the > differentiation? > That part may be controversial, but I've documented it based on my view which is highway=footway is for paths built for/intended for use mostly by people on foot and highway=path is a generic path with no clear intended mode, but not wide enough for cars. So a hiking track is specifically for walking so highway=footway with this view. An alternative view is that highway=footway is for urban paths, and remote bushwalking tracks should be highway=path, but I think that view is outdated now. On Thu, 27 Jan 2022 at 21:32, <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi > > I assumed that > highway=footway is a path mainly for pedestrians that may or may not > allow bicycles > > highway=cycleway is a path mainly for cyclists that may or may not > allow pedestrians > > and highway=path is not saying anything about allowed transport modes > For me it's not really about the allowed transport modes, that still remains best tagged explicitly with foot=*, bicycle=*, etc. but which is the main mode it was built for/designed for/actively in use for. At the end of the day, it's probably all for nothing, do data consumers really distinguish highway=footway from highway=path?
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