Hi
I've been looking at this thread with interest and it is probably at
risk of resurrecting the endless (?) debate about the use of foot-way,
path etc. tags. Without expressing any personal view, to avoid reopening
that debate, I would merely note that - rightly or wrongly - the
highway=footway tag has been enormously used both for smooth paved urban
and suburban paths (wheelchair / pram / shopping trolley friendly) and
for invisible-on-the-ground rural or back country paths that are
interrupted by obstacles such as gradients, gates, stiles, scrambles,
etc. - and for everything in between. Equally, the highway=path tag has
been used widely - but not often for the most urban paved paths. This is
- whether or not we like it - the current situation. There have been
many proposals for change, rationalisation or consolidation - some are
very good, maybe others less so! Such is life.
The use of the sac scale is - perhaps not surprisingly - mostly
restricted at present to paths in the more 'challenging' rural areas -
e.g. hill and mountain country, especially in continental Europe (again
not surprisingly given its origins). It provides very valuable
information for walkers in this sort of area - but (again
unsurprisingly, given its pedigree) does not differentiate well at the
bottom end of the scale between various kinds of 'easy' paths - e.g. (a)
a well marked and signed path in a 'honey pot' region of the countryside
that is unpaved and has stiles and/or gates that would make e.g.
wheelchair or pram access difficult vs. (b) an urban paved footpath that
gives access, for all classes of user, say, to a town park or a shopping
mall.
I cannot really make any recommendation beyond the usual one - dredge
through the numerous wiki entries and the numerous threads on talk lists!
I suppose that this has not been very helpful ... sorry!
Mike
On 19:59, [email protected] wrote:
> >>> .. I'm still unclear how one is supposed to
> >>> distinguish between a smooth, wide urban footpath and a hiking
trail.
A footpath can be traversed by a weelchair, perambulator or shopping
trolley?
Regards,
Nick
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