Thanks for the quick response. Sadly the discussion page wasn't much help. But I think I found the right thread on the mailing list (though I haven't read it yet): https://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/tagging/2011-March/007023.html
Yours Hubert > -----Original Message----- > From: fly [mailto:lowfligh...@googlemail.com] > Sent: Dienstag, 20. Januar 2015 01:05 > To: Tag discussion, strategy and related tools > Subject: Re: [Tagging] sidewalk=* or footway=* > > Please have a look into the archive of this list and the discussion of > the sidewalk proposal. > > It was designed to replace footway=both/left/right/none but transition > is slow. > > JOSM just introduced a validator warning offering an automatic change. > > Speaking for myself, I did not care to change a whole city and with > your mentioned numbers a well-designed software will still look for > both tags. > > > > Am 19.01.2015 um 16:44 schrieb Hubert: > > Hallo, > > > > I am working on some ideas for a proposal[1]to double represent > > cycletracksand footways.It is at the very beginning at the moment > and > > I haven’tmade upmy mindabout how to do that. > > > > While I was researchingdifferentstuff, I noticed that the proposals > to > > footway=*[2]and sidewalk=*[3] haven’t been voted on.Yet, it sais“Do > > not use*******footway*=*on other > > > than___highway_<http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:highway>=___foo > > tway_<http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:highway%3Dfootway>”in > > a warning box ontheKey:footway wiki page [4].It appears that this box > > has been added by a user only3 days after posting a comment on > > thediscussionpage. [5] > > > > Also aoverpass query[1]as of2015-01-14 has return around 40.000 uses > > offootway=*on highway=*roads*only, excludinghw=footway/cycleway/path. > > Howeverthere are500.000 usesof sidewalk=*.While this shows a majority > > usefor sidewalk=*, I can’t seewhy > > footway=* should bedeprecatedfor *roads*nor did I find arelated > > discussion about this. > > > > Could someone point meinthe right directionformore information on > that > > topic? > > > > Yours > > > > Hubert > > > > > [1]___http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/User:Hubert87/DoubleRepresent > > > atio____n_<http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/User:Hubert87/DoubleRepr > > esentation> > > > > [2]___http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Proposed_features/Sidewalk_ > > > > [3]___http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Proposed_features/Footway_ > > > > [4]___http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:footway_ > > > > [5]___http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Talk:Key:footway_ > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Tagging mailing list > > Tagging@openstreetmap.org > > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Tagging mailing list > Tagging@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging _______________________________________________ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging
