A highway=track without any other access tags is ambiguous, so you should always tag either access=* or foot=*. An agricultural track on private property should have access=private to prevent trespassing. A fire trail which only authorised emergency services and land management vehicles can use would be motor_vehicle=private, and if walkers are allowed then foot=yes should be added to distinguish it from private property.
highway=path is for mixed use or unspecified modes, so foot=yes can help make it clearer walkers are allowed, as some highway=path would be on private property and access=no, so always best to explicitly tag the access. On Mon, 16 May 2022 at 21:17, Ian Steer <[email protected]> wrote: > Tony, > > > > I’m wondering about the usefulness of adding foot=yes to highway=path and > highway=track. > > > > I have never done this because I thought it would be assumed that > pedestrians (and cyclists) can use paths and tracks ? > > > > In WA, where people have (in my opinion) wrongly classified a path as a > footpath (and hence excluded bicycles), I have often changed it to a path, > but never tagged foot=yes and/or bicycle=yes. > > > > Ian > > > > >Date: Mon, 16 May 2022 16:55:42 +1000 > > >From: [email protected] > > >To: [email protected] > > >Subject: [talk-au] Australian Tagging Guidelines Footpath Cycling > > > > >Hi > > > > >I have edited > > > > https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Australian_Tagging_Guidelines#Footpath_Cycling > > > > >(1) to record the different international English uses of footpath, > pavement and sidewalk > > >(2) to give photographic examples as a base for discussion. > > > > >Not intending to redefine anything, sorry if anything is controversial. > > > > >Tony > > > _______________________________________________ > Talk-au mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-au >
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