On Tue, Oct 26, 2010 at 5:27 PM, Erik Johansson <erjo...@gmail.com> wrote: > Basically pedestrian is for things in urban areas, like streets, > footway is for paths in parks and in woods..
Not quite. Sidewalks in urban areas are highway=footway. Highway=pedestrian is essentially something that could be a normal highway, but from which motor vehicles are banned. Here's an example I tagged as highway=pedestrian: http://www.central-florida-magazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/wall-street-plaza-orlando.jpg It's officially a public street named Wall Street, and businesses have Wall Street addresses. highway=footway is for anything smaller that is primarily or only for foot use, including a sidewalk, but also a narrow alleyway between buildings that can be walked but not driven on (such as this one just north of Wall Street: http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=28.543023,-81.379074&spn=0.001984,0.00515&t=k&z=19&layer=c&cbll=28.543023,-81.379074&panoid=sLjJOfUH9QA3ExQ2CfaM8Q&cbp=12,95.82,,0,0.88). highway=path or highway=track can also be used for some footways; there's some overlap between the tags. _______________________________________________ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging
