Re: [OSM-talk] footway vs. path [Was: highway=track and motorcar=yes/no]

2008-11-07 Thread Pieren
On Fri, Nov 7, 2008 at 12:41 AM, Karl Newman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: That's why I don't like extensive presets in Josm. In the same way that some people try to impose their view in the Map Features, some others make it in renderers or editor's presets. Pieren

[OSM-talk] footway vs. path [Was: highway=track and motorcar=yes/no]

2008-11-07 Thread Lauri Kytömaa
Are paths larger than footways? Is it for paths required that any other vehicle/horse can use the path otherwise it is a footway? There is no defined physical difference between footway and path. The difference is that footways are primarily or exclusively for use by foot traffic, while

Re: [OSM-talk] footway vs. path [Was: highway=track and motorcar=yes/no]

2008-11-06 Thread Thomas Wood
2008/11/6 Rainer Dorsch [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Am Mittwoch, 5. November 2008 schrieb Alex Mauer: Rainer Dorsch wrote: I am wondering what is the difference between footway and path? sac_scale on http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/Map_Features seems to apply for both. Does that mean a

Re: [OSM-talk] footway vs. path [Was: highway=track and motorcar=yes/no]

2008-11-06 Thread Karl Newman
On Thu, Nov 6, 2008 at 3:28 PM, Thomas Wood [EMAIL PROTECTED]wrote: 2008/11/6 Rainer Dorsch [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Am Mittwoch, 5. November 2008 schrieb Alex Mauer: Rainer Dorsch wrote: I am wondering what is the difference between footway and path? sac_scale on

[OSM-talk] footway vs. path [Was: highway=track and motorcar=yes/no]

2008-11-05 Thread Rainer Dorsch
Am Mittwoch, 5. November 2008 schrieb sylvain letuffe: But a highway=path is good for ways where cars are not allowed by the laws of physics :) We are not talking about a physical possibility, but about an access right motorcar=no implies that cars are not allowed, but not that tractors or

Re: [OSM-talk] footway vs. path [Was: highway=track and motorcar=yes/no]

2008-11-05 Thread Alex Mauer
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Rainer Dorsch wrote: I am wondering what is the difference between footway and path? sac_scale on http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/Map_Features seems to apply for both. Does that mean a mountain hiking path can be a path or a footway?