Re: [OSM-talk] highway=byway

2010-04-24 Thread André Riedel
But we should mark it as deprecated and delete it from the highway table. http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Template:Map_Features:highway Ciao André (second attempt ;o) ) 2010/4/22 Mike Harris mik...@googlemail.com: Pieren may be missing the point that Richard is making - and I think Richard

[OSM-talk] highway=byway

2010-04-22 Thread André Riedel
What is the difference between a byway an a track? http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:highway An unmade path/track which usually allows vehicles as well as foot, horse and cycle traffic (in the UK, there are byways which allow motor vehicles, and restricted byways which allow

Re: [OSM-talk] highway=byway

2010-04-22 Thread Richard Mann
Yes its a relic. Use highway=track+designation=byway instead Richard On Thu, Apr 22, 2010 at 10:58 AM, André Riedel riedel.an...@gmail.com wrote: What is the difference between a byway an a track? http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:highway An unmade path/track which usually allows

Re: [OSM-talk] highway=byway

2010-04-22 Thread Pieren
On Thu, Apr 22, 2010 at 12:15 PM, Richard Mann richard.mann.westoxf...@googlemail.com wrote: Yes its a relic. Use highway=track+designation=byway instead Richard I'm not sure it's a relic but it's a UK specific tag. I asked the question some time ago:

Re: [OSM-talk] highway=byway

2010-04-22 Thread Mike Harris
Pieren may be missing the point that Richard is making - and I think Richard makes quite an important point (at least for England and Wales). highway=track describes what is seen on the ground (and can usefully be refined with tracktype=* as per the wiki definitions). designation=* makes a