It's a monthly thing ...in OSM land lol .. smooth :)
On Tue, Jan 11, 2011 at 8:36 PM, Anthony <o...@inbox.org> wrote: > 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) >
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