Hi All, I hadn't thought about public footpaths along a road. It nicely demonstrates that for RoWs the highway tag really doesn't matter as it is the designation that gives the relevant information.
In that case I would tend to agree with Andrew's methodology (which also makes things easier for routing software): 1. If it is clearly a route for walking on (e.g. paved or signposted) then use highway=footway. 2. If it looks like people use it as a route to walk/cycle(?) (e.g. well trodden ground) but no sign or paving then highway=path. I would also be happy to review any proposed edits to the wiki page if the link is posted here. I don't know of the technical ins and outs of the relevant laws but could give you good "new user" feedback. Cheers, Rob Hi You are dead right - I was talking about paths as in narrow strips of ground for walking on. I would tag a public footpath as highway=<whatever is appropriate: unclassified|residential|service|track|path>, designation=public_footpath. Graham. On 18 February 2012 10:48, Derick Rethans <osm at derickrethans.nl <http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb>> wrote: >* Hi,*>**>* On Sat, 18 Feb 2012, Graham Jones wrote:*>**>* > On the other hand >I treat highway=path as just being a statement of fact*>* -*>* > 'there is a >path here', so it needs some access tags adding to it. In*>* my*>* > mind >highway = footway is about the same as highway=path; foot=yes (or*>* > maybe >designation=public_footpath, but that is more specific).*>**>* During the >Weybridge mapping party, I'd encountered some residential*>* roads >(highway=residential) or service roads (highway=service) that were*>* also >"public footpaths", so I've mapped those as:*>**>* highway=residential*>* >designation=public_footpath*>**>* >http://www.openstreetmap.org/browse/way/150222454*>**>* Marking those roads as >highway=footway or highway=path makes no sense*>* (to me).*>**>* cheers,*>* >Derick*>**>* --*>* http://derickrethans.nl | http://xdebug.org*>* Like Xdebug? >Consider a donation: http://xdebug.org/donate.php*>* twitter: @derickr and >@xdebug*>** -- Graham Jones Hartlepool, UK.
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