Brave man! Globally, highway=path is mostly used without any access tags, judging by taginfo: http://taginfo.openstreetmap.org/tags/highway=path#combinations
So I think "Classic" and "Alternative" are adequate titles. "Established" and "Alternative" would probably be more accurate. Richard On Fri, Apr 20, 2012 at 11:17 PM, <rob.j.nicker...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi all, > > It has been mentioned in the past (and I expect many others have thought > it), that the current UK Tagging Guidelines wiki page [1] is to confusing > for newcomers and data consumers alike. I have had a go at addressing this > by creating a new version of this page [2]. As discussed on the Talk > section of this new page [3], I have tried to work in many of your (the UK > mappers) suggestions. > > I have used the wiki cleanup objectives as a guide and have incorporated > the following key changes: > > (i) Copyright - The first section replaces the current "Obtaining the > data" section and promotes the existing "Copyright" section to a more > prominent position. Info most relevant to helping new UK mappers is > highlighted > > (ii) Classic UK vs Alternative Global - The wiki guidelines (above) state > that we should "Provide a place for people to discuss new tagging > proposals". I have therefore kept both schemes. So as to not excessively > confuse newcomers I have split the page so that it reads as (a) tag the > fact that the way is there, (b) tag its legal status if applicable. > > (iii) Public Rights of Way - As discussed on the talk-gb mailing list a > public right of way may run along a track, road, etc.. I have therefore > removed as much as the UK Classic vs Global Alternative debate out of this > section into (a) - "tag features presence". Following Achadwick suggestion > on Talk:United Kingdom Tagging Guidelines that the right of way should be > signified using the designation key (see table below). I have heavily > refocused the page to emphasise this. This greatly simplifies things for > newcomers & data consumers. In a way it also reduces the UK Classic vs > Global Alternative debate. > > (iv) Scotland - Now has a separate section ready to be filled in. > > > Please take your time to have a look, and feedback comments to this > mailing list. Be friendly; I am still relatively new and this is my first > real go at editing a wiki :-) > > Regards, > RobJN > > > > [1] http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/United_Kingdom_Tagging_Guidelines > [2] > http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/United_Kingdom_Tagging_Guidelines_Consultation > [3] > http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Talk:United_Kingdom_Tagging_Guidelines_Consultation > _______________________________________________ > Talk-GB mailing list > Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb > >
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