Roy Could you give reference to your wiki quote? I can see for =designated at:
http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:access%3Ddesignated QUOTE "This tag indicates that a route has been specially designated (typically by a government) for use by a particular mode (or modes) of transport." UNQUOTE There is apparently, perhaps unsurprisingly, some ambiguity in the wiki. Mike Harris -----Original Message----- From: Roy Wallace [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: 14 August 2009 23:57 To: Nick Whitelegg Cc: [email protected] Subject: Re: [OSM-talk] Proliferation of path vs. footway On Fri, Aug 14, 2009 at 8:20 PM, Nick Whitelegg<[email protected]> wrote: > > Silly question, maybe: but, what does "yes" actually mean? Everyone > seems to use it differently; it was intended originally for a legal > right but in practice has been used in a range of scenarios. In this > particular case ("Fahrräder frei" marked footways), do cyclists have a > *legal* right to use the footway, or is it an unoffical, revokable > right? If the former, "designated" would seem appropriate; if the > latter "permissive" would seem the most appropriate. This is a good question. To quote from the wiki: yes: "The public have official, legally-enshrined right of access, i.e. it's a right of way." no: "Access by this transport mode is not permitted, they don't have a right of way." designated: "The route is marked as being a preferred route, usually for a specific vehicle type or types." Thankfully, "no" is the opposite of "yes". I would prefer that designated was used for "signed", and "yes/no" was discouraged, but used for fuzzy judgements where useful e.g. suitability, "preferred"-ness, etc. As for how it's used in practice, hopefully everyone follows the wiki, right? :) _______________________________________________ talk mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
