Re: [talk-au] Question re footway or path for asphalt paths in National Parks
On 18 October 2010 20:52, Mark Pulley wrote: > On the wiki, it suggests using highway=footway for urban footpaths and > highway=path for hiking trails. > > Which is best to use for asphalt footways in national parks (e.g. > wheelchair-friendly paths to lookouts) - should I use footway or path? > My recollection of this is that highway=footway, highway=cycleway, and highway=bridleway have existed for far longer than the highway=path. I think some sections of the community were having difficulty knowing what was the difference between, say: highway=footway bicycle=designated horse=permissive and highway=cycleway foot=yes horse=permissive and highway=bridleway foot=yes bicycle=designated So, the idea was to just have highway=path, and then specify the use explicitly, so for a path designated as a cycleway, usable by pedestrians and horse use permitted, you might have.. highway=path bicycle=designated foot=yes horse=permissive My understanding is that there is no effective difference between highway=footway surface=paved and highway=path foot=yes surface=paved despite what the wiki says. Away from tagging for a second, personally, I'd be quite reticent to mark an asphalt national park track as wheelchair accessible, as not many of them maintained to a point of being independently accessible. Where is the path you are considering tagging? Ian. ___ Talk-au mailing list Talk-au@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-au
Re: [talk-au] Question re footway or path for asphalt paths in National Parks
On 18/10/2010, at 10:57 PM, Steve Bennett wrote: On Mon, Oct 18, 2010 at 8:52 PM, Mark Pulley wrote: On the wiki, it suggests using highway=footway for urban footpaths and highway=path for hiking trails. Where does it suggest that, about highway=path? http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Australian_Tagging_Guidelines#Bush_Walking_and_Cycling_Tracks Which is best to use for asphalt footways in national parks (e.g. wheelchair-friendly paths to lookouts) - should I use footway or path? highway=footway;surface=paved I'll probably use highway=footway;surface=asphalt;wheelchair=yes for these paths (unless anyone objects!). Mark P. ___ Talk-au mailing list Talk-au@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-au
Re: [talk-au] Question re footway or path for asphalt paths in National Parks
On Mon, Oct 18, 2010 at 8:52 PM, Mark Pulley wrote: > On the wiki, it suggests using highway=footway for urban footpaths and > highway=path for hiking trails. Where does it suggest that, about highway=path? It must be the most ambiguous tag ever, with at least the following meanings: - a trail of some kind that is not specified - no different from footway or cycleway, depending on access tags (ie, mapnik renders highway=path;foot=designated exactly the same as highway=footway) - a hiking path?? > Which is best to use for asphalt footways in national parks (e.g. > wheelchair-friendly paths to lookouts) - should I use footway or path? highway=footway;surface=paved (Plus whatever wheelchair specific tags there are - I don't know.) Steve ___ Talk-au mailing list Talk-au@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-au
