On Mon, 21 Mar 2011 20:47:39 +0100, M∡rtin Koppenhoefer wrote: > 2011/3/21 David Paleino <da...@debian.org>: > > To tag a sidewalk: > > highway=footway > > footway=sidewalk > > > >> I disagree. As mentioned in the Sidewalk tag, we already have > >> highway=footway, which is what David's proposal would largely change, > > > > Change? My proposal would not change footway's meaning, since, to define a > > sidewalk, you need to add "footway=sidewalk". > > I agree with Serge: you would change the meaning of highway=footway > (because to interpret it right after your amendment, you would have to > look at the footway-key as well).
Why? Sidewalks are just a particular case of highway=footway. A router that doesn't know about footway=*, can treat the sidewalk just fine, because it is a footway, after all. David -- . ''`. Debian developer | http://wiki.debian.org/DavidPaleino : :' : Linuxer #334216 --|-- http://www.hanskalabs.net/ `. `'` GPG: 1392B174 ----|---- http://deb.li/dapal `- 2BAB C625 4E66 E7B8 450A C3E1 E6AA 9017 1392 B174
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