<div dir="ltr"><div>A highway=track without any other access tags is ambiguous, so you should always tag either access=* or foot=*. An agricultural track on private property should have access=private to prevent trespassing. A fire trail which only authorised emergency services and land management vehicles can use would be motor_vehicle=private, and if walkers are allowed then foot=yes should be added to distinguish it from private property.</div><div><br></div><div>highway=path is for mixed use or unspecified modes, so foot=yes can help make it clearer walkers are allowed, as some highway=path would be on private property and access=no, so always best to explicitly tag the access.</div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, 16 May 2022 at 21:17, Ian Steer <<a href="mailto:iansteer@iinet.net.au">iansteer@iinet.net.au</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div lang="EN-AU" style="overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div class="gmail-m_-2650044956168100455WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal">Tony,<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">I’m wondering about the usefulness of adding foot=yes to highway=path and highway=track.<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">I have never done this because I thought it would be assumed that pedestrians (and cyclists) can use paths and tracks ?<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">In WA, where people have (in my opinion) wrongly classified a path as a footpath (and hence excluded bicycles), I have often changed it to a path, but never tagged foot=yes and/or bicycle=yes.<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Ian<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="gmail-m_-2650044956168100455MsoPlainText">>Date: Mon, 16 May 2022 16:55:42 +1000<u></u><u></u></p><p class="gmail-m_-2650044956168100455MsoPlainText">>From: <a href="mailto:forster@ozonline.com.au" target="_blank">forster@ozonline.com.au</a><u></u><u></u></p><p class="gmail-m_-2650044956168100455MsoPlainText">>To: <a href="mailto:talk-au@openstreetmap.org" target="_blank">talk-au@openstreetmap.org</a><u></u><u></u></p><p class="gmail-m_-2650044956168100455MsoPlainText">>Subject: [talk-au] Australian Tagging Guidelines Footpath Cycling<u></u><u></u></p><p class="gmail-m_-2650044956168100455MsoPlainText"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="gmail-m_-2650044956168100455MsoPlainText">>Hi<u></u><u></u></p><p class="gmail-m_-2650044956168100455MsoPlainText"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="gmail-m_-2650044956168100455MsoPlainText">>I have edited<u></u><u></u></p><p class="gmail-m_-2650044956168100455MsoPlainText">><a href="https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Australian_Tagging_Guidelines#Footpath_Cycling" target="_blank">https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Australian_Tagging_Guidelines#Footpath_Cycling</a><u></u><u></u></p><p class="gmail-m_-2650044956168100455MsoPlainText"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="gmail-m_-2650044956168100455MsoPlainText">>(1) to record the different international English uses of footpath, pavement and sidewalk<u></u><u></u></p><p class="gmail-m_-2650044956168100455MsoPlainText">>(2) to give photographic examples as a base for discussion.<u></u><u></u></p><p class="gmail-m_-2650044956168100455MsoPlainText"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="gmail-m_-2650044956168100455MsoPlainText">>Not intending to redefine anything, sorry if anything is controversial.<u></u><u></u></p><p class="gmail-m_-2650044956168100455MsoPlainText"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="gmail-m_-2650044956168100455MsoPlainText">>Tony<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p></div></div>_______________________________________________<br>
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