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 : > Pieren may be missing the point that Richard is making - and I think Richard > makes quite an imp

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 st

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: http://lists.openstreetmap.org/

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 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 vehicles as well as foot

[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 non-mechani