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Am 05.08.2015 um 12:03 schrieb Richard <ricoz....@gmail.com>: >> Every data user who does not support highway=footpath will loose all >> paths have highway=footpath because he expect them as highway=footway or >> highway=path. That's what I call backward-incompatible. > > sure, but there are no such paths right now so nothing will be lost. > People who create them will have to live with it that they won't show up > on mapnik for some time or mabye never will. actually not only the people who create them will have to live with them vanishing from mapnik/carto, but everybody using this map. Retagging without rendering support isn't an option, you'd be called for vandalism (rightfully). A new key can always be introduced but a new value for a common key is normally problematic in all cases where some different consensus tagging is pre-existent. > highway=via_ferrata isn't > rendered on mapnik, so what? not comparable > > Redefining existing tags is what causes true breakage. +1 > In 2008 highway=path > was approved saying > "The default access restriction of highway=path is open > to all non-motorized vehicles, but emergency vehicles are allowed. " > Some years later, Feb 15 2015 the page was changed without vote and > discussion > to claim that : > "The default access restrictions of paths varies from country, see > OSM_tags_for_routing/Access-Restrictions" should be reverted. If I had my way we'd remove all conflicting country specific docu from the wiki in one go ;-) cheers Martin _______________________________________________ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging
