From: Pieren <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: 18 July 2008 22:14:32 BDT
To: talk@openstreetmap.org
Subject: [OSM-talk] path or byway ?
Dear talk,
Could some native english speaker explain the difference between
"highway=path" and "highway=byway" recently introduced in map
features ?
The description is not obvious. Is it unpaved / paved ? Where is
the limit between path-byway and byway-unclassified ?
regards
Pieren
As I understand it, a byway (which may be yet another of the UK-
oriented map features) is normally an old road or lane which probably
was once well used by foot traffic, horses, carts, coaches, whatever,
but was not adopted as part of the modern road network. They are
often known in Britain as green roads because they have not been
maintained and rarely have much or any surface left, being generally
dirt, stones, grass, weeds and mud. They are distinguished from paths
and bridleways (another British thing?) by still being rights of way
for all/any traffic and so tend to be popular with the off-road
community with their 4x4s, quad bikes and scramblers. These things
tend to make the byways rutted and muddier and upset the walkers and
mountain bikers (the latter also upsetting the walkers) so that local
authorities get pressured into placing local restrictions on some
byways. Enough detail? (I could drone on for hours).
elvin
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