<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt"><div><span>Tom,</span></div><div style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:13.3333px;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-style:normal;"><br><span></span></div><div style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:13.3333px;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-style:normal;"><span>in
general we say do not tag for rendering. There are a multitude of OSM
maps available and each mapping various objects differently.</span></div><div><br>With OSM there are often many ways to tag and opionion may vary from region to region.<br><br>You can find interpretation in wiki page http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:highway%3Dfootway<br><br>highway=footway is reserved for path used mainly or exclusively for pedestrians. <br><br>Highway=path is for paths not restricted to
pedestrians.<br><br></div><span style="font-style:italic;color:rgb(0, 0, 191);font-weight:bold;"></span><div><span style="font-style:italic;color:rgb(0, 0, 191);font-weight:bold;">Pierre <br></span><br><blockquote style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; margin-top: 5px; padding-left: 5px;"> <div style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> <div style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div dir="ltr"> <font face="Arial" size="2"> <hr size="1"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">De :</span></b> Tom Taylor <tom.taylor.stds@gmail.com><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">À :</span></b> "talk-ca@openstreetmap.org" <talk-ca@openstreetmap.org> <br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Envoyé le :</span></b> Jeudi 22 novembre 2012 15h36<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Objet :</span></b> [Talk-ca] Tags for foot paths and bicycle
paths<br> </font> </div> <br>What is the preferred way to tag bicycle paths and foot paths? In my corner of Ottawa I see one path tagged highway=footway, rendered as red dots, and another tagged highway=path, rendered as grey dashes. Both also have foot=yes and bicycle=yes. I ask here instead of newbies in case there is a local convention.<br><br>Tom Taylor<br><br>_______________________________________________<br>Talk-ca mailing list<br><a ymailto="mailto:Talk-ca@openstreetmap.org" href="mailto:Talk-ca@openstreetmap.org">Talk-ca@openstreetmap.org</a><br><a href="http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ca" target="_blank">http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ca</a><br><br><br> </div> </div> </blockquote></div> </div></body></html>