> Il giorno 18/ago/2014, alle ore 19:00, Richard Fairhurst > <rich...@systemed.net> ha scritto: > > Of course, this is yet more nonsense that only exists because of the > accursed 'highway=path' tag. > > The first scenario can simply be tagged 'highway=cycleway' and the second > one 'highway=footway, bicycle=yes'. More concise, more clear. But that's > 'highway=path' for you.l
I think the main reason for introducing the path key were ways which don't have explicit signage (neither foot nor bicycle or horse), the key was originally proposed by someone with his focus on horse riding. Another point was that ways with signs like this http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/File:120px-Zeichen_240.svg.png http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/w/images/a/aa/120px-Zeichen_241.svg.png are neither cycleways nor footways, they are both at the same time (especially the segregated=no version). Before path was introduced the "rule" was to use the preferred means of transport or the "higher" one, what didn't make a lot of sense neither. The real "mess" was that the highway=footway and cycleway tags weren't deprecated when path was introduced (too much resistance was expected), but contributors have gotten used to it. Cheers, Martin _______________________________________________ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging
