I repeat something I have said a number of times, say for example, about bicycle infrastructure / routes. Although it can be said about "pedestrian infrastructure / routes" pretty much one-for-one (as bicycle infrastructure / routes). It is this:
There is "infrastructure" tagging, like highway=footway, highway=pedestrian, highway=track, highway=cycleway... and these are not in any particular "hierarchy," they simple "are" what they "are" (on the ground, validated and verified by eyeballs). There is "route" tagging, which is putting elements of (roadway, cycleway, sidewalk, track, pedestrian walkway...) into a route relation. If walking route, and part of the "local" network of routes, it's network=lwn. If exactly these concepts are unfamiliar or the words DO NOT seem like they "fit" what you are trying to do, stop. Back out and think a bit more. There is infrastructure, and it doesn't really / necessarily / always / even usually "imply" routes. THEN, there is route tagging, because a route is clear, and / or signed and / or assigned by a government or organization and is clearly marked on the ground (or is going to be once they get a crew out there with shovels and cement and erect the right signs). _______________________________________________ Talk-au mailing list Talk-au@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-au
