On Wed, 4 Dec 2019 at 13:06, Marc Gemis <marc.ge...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On Tue, Dec 3, 2019 at 9:36 PM Markus <selfishseaho...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > In my opinion, footway[:left/right]=lane isn't a good idea for the > > following reasons: 1. footway=lane is a contradiction, as a lane (part > > of a road/path) isn't a footway (separate path). > > But isn't this exactly the same as we do for cycleway=lane?
Yes, it is, and it doesn't make much sense either, as a cycle lane isn't a cycleway. (Oddly enough, the very similar US term bikeway includes cycle lanes according to some definitions, while it excludes them according to other definitions.) I would have chosen cycle_lane=left/right/both instead, also because "lane" (the type) is more important than left/right/both (the detail) and would therefore belong to the key instead of the value. (Besides, cycleway is already a value in highway=cycleway.) > I would love to see consistency between cycleway and footway mapping. There's already an inconsistency: separated footpaths are tagged sidewalk=left/right/both while separated cycle paths are tagged cycleway[:left/right]=track. Therefore i think it would be better to not introduce more inconsistencies in pedestrian infrastructure tagging. Regards Markus _______________________________________________ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging