--- > https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Talk:United_Kingdom_Tagging_Guidelines#JOSM_presets_now_available > > > Comments on these presets and how they might be improved are welcome! > >I may have not been reading this list thoroughly but I did not realise >that highway=path is a "vexed issue". I have been tagging rural >footpaths this way for some time, while I have used highway=footway for >more urban footways. I see from the table in the wiki which you link to >above (labelled Presets 0.7 (2012-01-29)) that none of these >recommendations include a highway=path tag. Should I therefore re-tag my >paths according to your table?
This is a somewhat contentious issue, but all I can say is that this is precisely what I do and several others. Remember to also use the designation tag to specify the rights, public_footpath / public_bridleway / byway_open_to_all_traffic etc. highway is generally taken to indicate the physical condition of the way, e.g. highway=track if it's a track rather than a path. Nick _______________________________________________ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb
