Belatedly, due to walking footways / paths in Finland ... There is a lot on this on the wiki. I have always felt that, despite the linguistic inappropriateness, the term 'path' was a bit like the term 'road' - something to be used only when all else fails, e.g. in the case of 'path', something that has no surface, no official standing and no explicit permission to walk.
The question of surface can be dealt with either by a surface= tag or a tracktype= tag. http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/UK_public_rights_of_way The terminology is admittedly odd, but well enshrined in practice and in the wiki. I suspect that it originated in German-English. The normal dictionary meaning of 'footway' in British English is, after all, the same as 'sidewalk' in American English! .... Which doesn't help at all. Mike Harris -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of [email protected] Sent: 15 July 2009 12:00 To: [email protected] Subject: newbies Digest, Vol 29, Issue 14 Send newbies mailing list submissions to [email protected] To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/newbies or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to [email protected] You can reach the person managing the list at [email protected] When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of newbies digest..." _______________________________________________ newbies mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/newbies
