On Thu, Nov 6, 2008 at 3:28 PM, Thomas Wood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote:
> 2008/11/6 Rainer Dorsch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > Am Mittwoch, 5. November 2008 schrieb Alex Mauer: > >> Rainer Dorsch wrote: > >> > I am wondering what is the difference between footway and path? > sac_scale > >> > on http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/Map_Features seems to > apply > >> > for both. Does that mean a mountain hiking path can be a path or a > >> > footway? > >> > > >> > Are paths larger than footways? > >> > > >> > Is it for paths required that any other vehicle/horse can use the path > >> > otherwise it is a footway? > >> > >> There is no defined physical difference between footway and path. The > >> difference is that footways are primarily or exclusively for use by foot > >> traffic, while paths are not. > >> > > > > That seems to be in contrast to josm presets: > > > > In Presets->Ways all Hiking paths are highway=path, none of them is > > highway=footway. > > > > Rainer > > > > => The JOSM presets are wrong. > Come on, you should know better than that. This is OSM. There is no "right" and "wrong". Sheesh. Absolutist. ;-) Karl
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