The problem is that highway=footway implies (in some people's eyes) that bicycle=no, and when the honest truth is that it's private land and the owner doesn't seem to care, you need to put something to modify the default.
bicycle=whatever seems to capture it well, but bicycle=tolerated or bicycle=accepted might translate better. Or maybe we need a separate bicycle:defacto tag. Richard On Mon, Dec 7, 2009 at 12:20 PM, Steve Bennett <stevag...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Mon, Dec 7, 2009 at 11:10 PM, Dave F. <dave...@madasafish.com> wrote: > >> Just so we're clear: >> >> The bicycle=* is used purely to indicate the lawfulness of access. >> It does not cover the suitability of the the path such as the ground >> conditions. That's done with surface=* >> >> Yep. Footpath through a churchground. Footpath from the road down to the > beach. Narrow laneway. Footpath across the grass between two roads. > Footpath around a cricket ground. Pier. > > Suitable for bikes? Sure. Lawful? Absolutely no idea. > > Steve > > _______________________________________________ > Tagging mailing list > Tagging@openstreetmap.org > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging > >
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