It's entirely reasonable to think "to my mind X means ..." but when
tagging thing in OSM it makes sense to try and match the approach of
more people - in OSM, the usage of highway=footway is much wider than
your definition.
Thanks Andy. But you also wrote recently:
> just pick whatever seems most appropriate to you. You've been there,
other people haven't
I've looked again at
https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:highway%3Dfootway
and I'm a bit puzzled which usage of footway is wider than my definition?
It all comes back to my previous question -- is highway= intended to
*describe* the feature, or indicate its legal status, or record its
actual usage? That could be three different things.
When I started mapping it was impressed upon me the importance of
mapping what you see, what is actually on the ground. But as far as
highways are concerned, and the highway overlay on most renderings, that
seems not to be the case.
cheers,
Martin.
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