Either my memory is playing up (entirely possible) or the Wiki, although still confusing*, is actually clearer than it used to be on this. The tag page: http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:foot
refers to the http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:access page that you mentioned. which makes it clear that it's about the legal right of access rather than the physical possibility of doing so. Unfortunately, UK_public_rights_of_way doesn't refer to either of these or make it clear what the "yes" in "foot=yes; highway=footway" actually means (although "UK_Countryside_mapping" does explain "yes"). A significant minority of the footpaths that I add are actually "foot=unknown" since although it's a path that "everyone uses" there's actually nothing on the ground that says that it is a public footpath - just a hole in a hedge and a muddy track across a field. Things are further complicated by landowners diverting paths (sometimes legally, sometimes not) and new trails such as former railway lines for which "who is currently invited to use the trail" is clear, but the permanent legal status isn't. *thinking about it, read without the UK- (actually England and Wales-) specific pages, and approached from the perspective of adding what's on the ground first, and then adding what is known about access rights, it actually makes much more sense. Finally - a question. How widespread is the use of the yellow / blue / red scheme described on UK_public_rights_of_way? I've seen it southwest of London and maybe parts of Oxfordshire, but don't recall it elsewhere. _______________________________________________ talk mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
