On Sat, Nov 28, 2009 at 8:15 PM, Roy Wallace <[email protected]> wrote: > On Sun, Nov 29, 2009 at 10:33 AM, Anthony <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> When is there a path and when is there not a path? I walk through an >> area of grass every time I go to the park near my house. Isn't that a >> "path" which is part of "reality"? > > An area of grass is - to me - not a path.
Never? Or just not generally? What if the grass is slightly bare? http://s0.geograph.org.uk/photos/18/97/189701_92c9a5d5.jpg Cut short? http://www.agrigarden.co.nz/Data/Media/Images/Path%20through%20grass%20resize.jpg http://img2.allposters.com/images/PTGPOD/GPBO05-00003171-001-FB.jpg Through an otherwise impassible area? http://www.chimacumwoods.com/images/Path%20to%20south.JPG Marked by a sign? http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/images/5/52/PathSnowmobile.jpg > A path, IMHO, is something > that exists independently of people walking or not walking on it (i.e. > usually you can *see* that it resembles a path). Usually, or always? Usually, fine, I agree. Always, that just doesn't coincide with my definition of "path". To me, the fact that you can usually recognize a path is an effect, not a cause. If there were some other tag for me to use (say highway=grass), fine. But none of the other highway tags are appropriate, and the routing information needs to be designated somehow. The area of grass I have in mind exists in a legal right of way. It's not like I'm talking about cutting through someone's backyard. It's a perfectly legitimate path of travel. It should provided in walking directions. And that means having some sort of highway tag. _______________________________________________ talk mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
