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> there is no size limit for pedestrian areas (highway=pedestrian and area=yes) <br>
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That's true, but it seems odd to call a small portion of sidewalk a "pedestrian road or area" (wiki definition).
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> We use area:highway for the surface of a linear/directed highway way. For area=yes (pedestrian)highway areas we do not need area:highway because it would cover the exact same area. The resulting map implications from these combinations seem the same? There
are currently 35k area:highway=footway and 195k h=p with area=yes https://taginfo.openstreetmap.org/tags/highway=pedestrian#combinations<br>
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You've conflated the two different types of highway. I'm saying I don't think this is a highway=pedestrian based on the approved wiki definition, therefore highway=pedestrian, area=yes doesn't make sense.
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Since highway=footway and area=yes isn't documented I was thinking of use a scheme that is documented (area:highway=footway). However, your taginfo link did make me look deeper and it appears that, although
<span id="ms-outlook-android-cursor"></span>not documented, there are ~60k uses of highway=footway, area=yes, so it's clearly well used.<br>
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<div id="divRplyFwdMsg" dir="ltr"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size:11pt" color="#000000"><b>From:</b> Martin Koppenhoefer <dieterdreist@gmail.com><br>
<b>Sent:</b> Saturday, October 30, 2021 10:24:23 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Tag discussion, strategy and related tools <tagging@openstreetmap.org><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Tagging] When does highway=footway become highway=pedestrian?</font>
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<blockquote type="cite">On 30 Oct 2021, at 12:11, nathan case <nathancase@outlook.com> wrote:<br>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="">So, it seems (at least to me) we should split the large pedestrian area into smaller areas. But if we do that, is this really a pedestrian area at all?</span></p>
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there is no size limit for pedestrian areas (highway=pedestrian and area=yes)<br>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="">I’m certainly leaning more towards area:highway=footway or area:highway=cycleway as being the better scheme (<a href="https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:area:highway%3Dpedestrian">https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:area:highway%3Dpedestrian</a>)</span></p>
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<div>We use area:highway for the surface of a linear/directed highway way. For area=yes (pedestrian)highway areas we do not need area:highway because it would cover the exact same area. The resulting map implications from these combinations seem the same? </div>
<div>There are currently 35k area:highway=footway and 195k h=p with area=yes <a href="https://taginfo.openstreetmap.org/tags/highway=pedestrian#combinations">https://taginfo.openstreetmap.org/tags/highway=pedestrian#combinations</a></div>
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<div>why would we choose the weaker scheme if the meaning is the same?</div>
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<div>Cheers Martin </div>
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