--- On Sun, 23/8/09, Tobias Knerr <o...@tobias-knerr.de> wrote:

> No, it doesn't happen there. Evaluating access tags is
> already necessary
> for highway=footway, too (bicycle=yes etc.), so path
> doesn't require
> evaluating additional tagging.

Not according to the osm-template.xml...

http://svn.openstreetmap.org/applications/rendering/mapnik/osm-template.xml

Specifically:

([highway] = 'footway' or ([highway] = 'path' and [foot] = 'designated'))

So I'd say it does...

> What's the disadvantage of using highway=conveyor and
> man_made=conveyor
> for human vs goods conveyors? If there isn't any, then how
> can a reason
> not be "good enough" to do it?

Because someone, most likely more than just someone, some where will mix these 
up and you will end up with a mess just like some of the other ambiguous tags 
cause.


      

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