Hi, > > Could some native english speaker explain the difference between > > "highway=path" and "highway=byway" recently introduced in map features ? > For one, byway was never proposed or described or otherwise documented, > but instead just plopped into map features.
Just like them darn motorways... nobody ever put them to vote, it's a shame ;-) > So I guess no one really knows except Richard B, who put it there. There are probably a few more millions who know what a byway is. In contrast to the generic term "path", a byway is something very specific in the UK because it has a legal meaning. The question has been asked and answered a number of times on the lists, e.g. here: http://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/talk/2007-December/021047.html Bye Frederik -- Frederik Ramm ## eMail [EMAIL PROTECTED] ## N49°00'09" E008°23'33" _______________________________________________ talk mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/talk
