I hadn’t looked at that page in a while, but I’ve been using highway=path in the same way as you describe. Hiking trails, singletrack MTB. Footway I only tag in built up areas. What do other places in the world do? Martijn
> On Apr 19, 2019, at 8:28 AM, brad <bradha...@fastmail.com> wrote: > > Everywhere I've been in the US or Canada a dirt 'way' too narrow for a 4 > wheel vehicle is called a trail, path, or single track. For the most part > they are appropriately (IMO) tagged as path. Unfortunately the wiki says > this for highway:path (the highlighting is mine): > > A non-specific path. Use highway <>=footway > <https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:highway%3Dfootway> for paths mainly > for walkers, highway <>=cycleway > <https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:highway%3Dcycleway> for one also > usable by cyclists,highway <>=bridleway > <https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:highway%3Dbridleway> for ones > available to horse riders as well as walkers and highway <>=track > <https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:highway%3Dtrack> for ones which is > passable by agriculture or similar vehicles. > > I think it makes no sense to call a dirt path, open to more than 1 user > group, anything other than a path. Since about 98% of the trail tagging > that I've seen seems to agree, Is there consensus on this? Perhaps if the > international group likes the description as is, a clarification on the US > road tagging wiki page? > https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/United_States_roads_tagging > <https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/United_States_roads_tagging> > _______________________________________________ > Talk-us mailing list > Talk-us@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us
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