On 24 August 2011 01:47, Steve Bennett <stevag...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Tue, Aug 23, 2011 at 8:49 PM, Richard Fairhurst <rich...@systemed.net> > wrote: > > I could see some benefit to splitting the tag into two - say, > > highway=cycle for "bikes only", highway=cycle+foot for "bikes and > > pedestrians" - and doing (whisper it) a mass change along country lines. > > But then you lose the distinction between "a path that you can legally > ride on" and "a path designed for riding on". As a cyclist, I care > about that distinction. Anyway, I doubt there is a simple solution > which will solve every problem everywhere. I would really like a > resolution to the highway=path situation though - is there a > difference between highway=footway and highway=path,foot=designated or > not?
Yes, the difference is that highway=path is stupid :-) There's no hope of a resolution without some formal means of taking a decision either way. I simply re-tag anything I find in my local patch according to the original schema. Regards, Tom -- http://tom.acrewoods.net http://twitter.com/tom_chance
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