I have a couple of thoughts: 1) Re: connecting paths across small grass areas - don't mark a path where there isn't one, and especially don't do it for the purpose of trying to make routers work better. Map reality - that will always work best in the long term. (just my personal preference)
2) Re: when to use path/footway/cycleway etc. - firstly, I prefer highway=path because it is more extensible. Any highway=footway/cycleway/bridleway can be expressed in terms of a highway=path with additional access tags. In this way, using highway=path can be more explicit, because of ongoing disagreements in the definition of footway/cycleway/bridleway. 3) Re: what does <TAG> really mean? - rather than everyone giving their personal opinion on e.g. what highway=path means, for new users I would strongly recommend reading the wiki carefully and using that. I'm sure there are plenty of mappers who read the wiki and nothing else, and if consistency is the goal, I think the wiki should serve to document the current consensus as well as current disagreements. Of course, the wiki needs improving, and I personally think we should make this a priority. See, for example, some of the latest efforts to improve the situation: http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Consolidation_footway_cycleway_path _______________________________________________ talk mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
