Frederik Ramm writes: > On 05/21/2011 01:41 PM, Ben Robbins wrote: > > If it is a) (just a track), show just a track. If it is b) (a footway > > (public access)) show a footway. If it is both, we need to be able to > > show both. > > A track which does not have access=private or access=no or something is > always accessible and usable for pedestrians, so why would anyone want > to tag it as footway too? A footway, on the other hand, is never a track > because then it would have been tagged as one. I don't understand what > you're going on about, it must be something specific to the UK, and I > second Richard Fairhurst's suggestion that you take this to talk-gb.
I agree with Richard and Frederik's suggestion that this is an issue only in the UK, and that you take it to a forum where everybody understands what the heck you're talking about. But may I make a suggestion? That the best way to resolve differences is to write them down in a Wiki page (easy to do in your own namespace), link to places where your wisdom differs from the common wisdom, insert a link from there back to your page, and say "This is how I map." If people share your wisdom, they will follow you. And a further suggestion: that if what you are doing does not conflict with what other people are doing, then the problem isn't a mapping problem, it's a rendering problem. Rendering problems are solvable without requiring coordination between people. The easiest way to create order in OSM is to DOCUMENT HOW YOU MAP, and DON'T MAP IN OPPOSITION TO HOW OTHER PEOPLE MAP. We don't all need to map the same way, but the people who use the data need to understand it. -- --my blog is at http://blog.russnelson.com Crynwr supports open source software 521 Pleasant Valley Rd. | +1 315-600-8815 Potsdam, NY 13676-3213 | Sheepdog _______________________________________________ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
