I use path for unmade paths in the country (or indistinct ones across parks), and footways for made up paths.
Richard On Thu, Jun 24, 2010 at 1:02 PM, Tom Chance <[email protected]> wrote: > At the risk of starting a pointlessly long thread... > > Can anyone help me understand when to use highway=path and when to use > highway=footway in the UK? If it's still a completely stupid disagreement > then nevermind, I'll just carry on as I have for five years using > highway=footway. > > The wiki says highway=path is for "non-specific" paths, whilst > highway=footway is for "designated footpaths; i.e., mainly/exclusively for > pedestrians" based on the "primary or intended usage", but also allows that > bicycle=yes can be used for a footpath designated mainly for pedestrians. > > That's clear as mud! > > Here are some urban examples I have in mind. I'm not sure what the "intended > usage" was, though I have tried lying on the pavement and listening for > whispered hints. > > - paths around parks where cycling isn't prohibited, and where it is > - paths through graveyards > - paths around housing estates and leading up to houses > - un-signposted paths running across scrubby bits of open land > - paths along riverbanks > > When I started mapping in 2005 we just had highway=footway, so I've always > used that all over St Albans, Reading, London and holiday destinations. I > added mode-specific restrictions if bikes and horses weren't allowed, and > used cycleway where cyclists seem to have the ascendancy. > > Now I see Darlington has lots of highway=path usage and no highway=footway. > This is cropping up in more and more places. > > So to repeat... is there an agreed usage, or is it still a disagreement > unresolved by the asinine anarchism that plagues our tagging? > > Best, > Tom > > > -- > http://tom.acrewoods.net http://twitter.com/tom_chance > > _______________________________________________ > Talk-GB mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb > > _______________________________________________ Talk-GB mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb
