On Tue, Jan 11, 2011 at 11:08 PM, Anthony <o...@inbox.org> wrote: > The wiki is confusing, though. It puts highway=residential, > highway=track, highway=service, and highway=pedestrian under the > subcategory of "roads", but it puts highway=cycleway, highway=footway, > and highway=bridleway under the subcategory of "paths". Which I > thought was distinguishing between motor vehicle traffic allowed and > motor vehicle traffic not allowed. But then highway=pedestrian would > be an exception. > [....] > Well, according to my understanding of the wiki, a cycleway (like a > bridleway and a footway) is a "path" and not a "road". If we want to > keep that distinction, maybe there should be a highway=unknown tag, > for cases where we don't know if it's a "path" or a "road".
By the way, this is a great example of why "no approval process required for tags" is a weakness, and not a strength (see "Ultimate list of approved keys", http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.comp.gis.openstreetmap.tagging/6203) _______________________________________________ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk