On Tue, 19 Nov 2019 at 04:24, Clifford Snow <cliff...@snowandsnow.us> wrote:
>
> First off I like this proposal and agree that it be applied more broadly. 
> However there is a difference between a motorway=link (and similar) and a 
> footway=link. A motorway=link is a physical feature unlike a footway=link. A 
> footway=link is more of an attempt to bridge vector representation of a 
> footway and how it connects to a vector representation of a road. In reality, 
> they are adjacent features. If highways=* were drawn as areas, we wouldn't 
> need a footway link but still need a motorway=link. Then there is the 
> question of how footway=link should be rendered. I would be happy with a 
> dashed gray line to indicate that it's just a connection for a router.

You're right, the value "link" isn't optimal as it can lead to
confusion with highway=*_link roads. What alternative value should we
choose? footway=connection?

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