Hi johnw. I think highway=steps on way for routing + area:highway=steps on a polygon would be the best.
27.02.2015, 13:23, "johnw" <jo...@mac.com>: > I read the wiki entry on steps > (http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:highway%3Dsteps) and the discussion > page, > > and besides the discussion on which direction means uphill (that really needs > to be decided), I had another big question - > > can I use steps to define an area, just like highway=pedestrian? > > There are sets of steps that are a very large and wide, sometimes as wide as > a building, but there is no way to tag their expanse properly. > > I am currently (micro?)mapping a large rose garden, and every single area - > the pedestrian walkways, the grass, the hedges, pools - everything that isn’t > a wall can be expressed as an area - except for the wide stairs connecting > the large pedestrian areas. > > Is it acceptable to tag stairs on an area, or is it only acceptable on a way? > is there a possibility of putting a way under the area to define the > direction of the steps, or would that mean making some kind of relation to > make it happen (which I know little about)? > > and we will ever have an implied direction on stairs? (up sounds fine to me). > > Javbw > , > > _______________________________________________ > Tagging mailing list > Tagging@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging _______________________________________________ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging
