<html><head></head><body><div class="ydpe291b5e1yahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 16px;"><div><div>Thanks to all for the helpful responses.</div><div><br></div><div>I have looked (again) at the OSM Tags for Routing at </div><div><a href="https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/OSM_tags_for_routing/Access-Restrictions#United_Kingdom" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/OSM_tags_for_routing/Access-Restrictions#United_Kingdom</a></div><div>from which it is clear that foot=yes (for example) is implied by highway=cycleway.</div><div><br></div><div>However, Andy's question (if I understand it correctly) set me wondering whether there is any need to / benefit from distinguishing between foot=yes and foot=designated, etc. </div><div><br></div><div>MK council, in their public mapping, imply that Redways are NOT (generally / universally) PROW. However, they DO seem to be "designated" for foot and cycle (and wheelchairs etc.), so perhaps they should be tagged; bicycle=designated; foot=designated,etc.,which highway=cycleway does not imply.</div><div><br></div><div>Also, at the end of my original post, I asked:</div><div><br></div><div>"<span></span><b>Naming</b><span><div style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 16px;">I am not aware of any Redways that have unique names (someone will probably correct me on this), but I see several on OSM tagged with “name=Redway”. Whilst I can see the attraction of doing this, I suspect that would not be considered good practice. Should I delete that name, whenever I see it? "</div><div style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 16px;"><br></div><div style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 16px;">Nobody seems to have commented on that yet (perhaps it got lost somewhere). Any views? </div><div><br></div></span></div><div>Regards,<br></div><div class="ydpe291b5e1signature"><br></div><div class="ydpe291b5e1signature">Peter<br></div></div><div class="ydpe291b5e1signature"><br></div>
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On Thursday, 21 March 2019, 13:54:20 GMT, Andy Townsend <ajt1047@gmail.com> wrote:
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<div><div dir="ltr">On 21/03/2019 13:35, Ed Loach wrote:<br clear="none">> How tagging changes over time...<br clear="none">><br clear="none">> RichardF wrote:<br clear="none">>> highway=cycleway, segregated=no achieves all that in two tags<br clear="none">>> rather than<br clear="none">>> seven. :)<br clear="none">> I remember<br clear="none">> <a shape="rect" href="https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Milton_Keynes_Mapping_Party_2009" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Milton_Keynes_Mapping_Party_2009</a><br clear="none">> where it looks like we (or at least I) only used highway=cycleway, e.g.<br clear="none">> <a shape="rect" href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/34669428/history" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/34669428/history</a><br clear="none">><br clear="none">If they have some legal status beyond being "mere shared cycleways" <br clear="none">would some sort of designation tag also make sense here? Currently <br clear="none">that's used for legal designations such as public footpaths, public <br clear="none">bridleways (and also I think core paths in Scotland).<br clear="none"><br clear="none">Best Regards,<br clear="none"><br clear="none">Andy<div class="ydp83b4b06fyqt0509903653" id="ydp83b4b06fyqtfd76638"><br clear="none"><br clear="none"><br clear="none"><br clear="none">_______________________________________________<br clear="none">Talk-GB mailing list<br clear="none"><a shape="rect" href="mailto:Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org</a><br clear="none"><a shape="rect" href="https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb</a><br clear="none"></div></div></div>
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