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<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0">I would urge the use of 'foot=yes' or 'foot=permissive' for paths which are _not_ rights of way but _do_ have public access (implicitly or explicitly) rather than simply 'highway=footway' or 'highway=path'. There needs
to be a way to distinguish between non-rights-of-way which definitely have public access and those which may not - so that, for example, routing software will not try and route you along some path which is private but is just missing a 'PRIVATE' sign currently.</p>
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<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0">For instance a path between roads in towns which is not a right of way I'd use 'foot=yes', while one in the countryside marked as permissive I'd use 'foot=permissive'.</p>
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<div id="divRplyFwdMsg" dir="ltr"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size:11pt" color="#000000"><b>From:</b> Dave F via Talk-GB <talk-gb@openstreetmap.org><br>
<b>Sent:</b> 15 March 2019 18:24:40<br>
<b>To:</b> talk-gb@openstreetmap.org<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Talk-GB] Bridleway or track?</font>
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<div style="background-color:#FFFFFF">From the footnote of that table:<br>
"The <a href="https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/United_Kingdom_Tagging_Guidelines" title="United Kingdom Tagging Guidelines">
United Kingdom Tagging Guidelines</a> state that highway=path, when used it the UK, implies "a generic narrow path that is used in conjunction with access tags". This makes the default "yes" assumption dubious."<br>
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What does foot=yes mean?<br>
<a class="x_moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Path_examples">https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Path_examples</a><br>
Some wiki pages say it's 'legal right' another says "A urban path without any legal status suitable for walking."
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This is a reason why I take much of the wiki with a pinch of salt. 'foot=yes' should be used in combination with the access tag (usually when it's set to 'no' or 'private') not as a stand alone sub tag (ie highway=footway;foot=yes).<br>
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Are there any data users who use 'highway=footway;foot=yes' to distinguish from other footways?<br>
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<div class="x_moz-cite-prefix">On 15/03/2019 11:05, David Woolley wrote:<br>
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<blockquote type="cite">On 15/03/2019 01:24, Dave F via Talk-GB wrote: <br>
<blockquote type="cite">AFAIA, neither tag had any impied permissions or condition attributes.
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They do, and they are country specific. <br>
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<a class="x_moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/OSM_tags_for_routing/Access-Restrictions#United_Kingdom"><https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/OSM_tags_for_routing/Access-Restrictions#United_Kingdom></a>
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