<div dir="ltr">I think this issue is also addressed in the footway=link proposal: <a href="https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Proposed_features/Tag:footway%3Dlink">https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Proposed_features/Tag:footway%3Dlink</a><br clear="all"><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><br></div><div class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature">For pedestrians, there are many places where an area is crossed while only an entry point and an exit point exist. There may or may not be a physical path. I count the presence of visible entry points and exit points as verifiablity of the path that most pedestrians will take. On unpaved surfaces, usually you can see a trail where most people walk, though it may be weak or even disappear e.g. when it rains. </div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><br></div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature">Peter Elderson</div></div><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">Op zo 21 mrt. 2021 om 23:10 schreef brad <<a href="mailto:bradhaack@fastmail.com">bradhaack@fastmail.com</a>>:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
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A nonexistant path shouldn't be mapped. <br>
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be mapped with <b>informal=yes</b>, or another tag like <b>virtual=yes</b>?
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<div>See <a href="https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Talk:Key:informal#Features_that_do_not_exist" target="_blank">this Wiki discussion</a><br clear="all">
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