Re: [OSM-talk] Highway=footway or highway=track for peds only on gravel
Am 30.05.2010 22:00, Stan Berka: Since I'm using Potlatch to edit the map, I start the tagging of a walking path/road etc. by selecting the presets for the walking man. Then, I select by the surface and permissibility, which for a peds only, gravel, 4ft wide public path ends up as higway=track and surface=gravel. But isn't highway=footway the preferred tagging for this? highway=track is for ways that are wide enough to be *potentially* used by a 4 wheel vehicle. If it's that wide and has tracks than you should tag it liek that. If legally only pedestrians are allowed add vehicle=no. If it's a pedestrian footway in urban surroundings I would use highway=footway, if it's a rural hiking/walking trail I would prefer highway=path + foot=yes You see: Endless tagging opportunities :) Claudius ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
Re: [OSM-talk] Highway=footway or highway=track for peds only on gravel
2010/5/31 Claudius claudiu...@gmx.de: highway=track is for ways that are wide enough to be *potentially* used by a 4 wheel vehicle. +1 If it's that wide and has tracks than you should tag it liek that. If legally only pedestrians are allowed add vehicle=no. actually the case which is IMHO more difficult to decide is when the access is physically restricted by heavy obstacles (massive rock pieces, etc.). I tend not to use track in these cases nonetheless the width would fit, but often you cannot check all possible ways to go to this specific point (e.g. it could be that the road is blocked there by a heavy stone block but you could arrive from the other side). cheers, Martin ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
Re: [OSM-talk] Highway=footway or highway=track for peds only on gravel
M∡rtin Koppenhoefer wrote: 2010/5/31 Claudius claudiu...@gmx.de: highway=track is for ways that are wide enough to be *potentially* used by a 4 wheel vehicle. +1 If it's that wide and has tracks than you should tag it liek that. If legally only pedestrians are allowed add vehicle=no. actually the case which is IMHO more difficult to decide is when the access is physically restricted by heavy obstacles (massive rock pieces, etc.). I tend not to use track in these cases nonetheless the width would fit, but often you cannot check all possible ways to go to this specific point (e.g. it could be that the road is blocked there by a heavy stone block but you could arrive from the other side). cheers, Martin I would use highway=track even if there is some sort of obstacle. In my opinion, the obstacle is a different feature and it could be tagged with barrier=*. I recently did this at: http://osm.org/go/xVu3bVDRq-- Hope it helps -- Gilles Bassière - Web/GIS software engineer http://gbassiere.free.fr/ ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
