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Pieren may be missing the point that Richard is making - and I think
Richard makes quite an important point (at least for England and Wales).<br>
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highway=track describes what is seen on the ground (and can usefully be
refined with tracktype=* as per the wiki definitions).<br>
<br>
designation=* makes a statement about legal status - which may or may
not be capable of determination in the field (but there are other open
sources for this information).<br>
<br>
As a minor difference from Richard's designation=byway tagging I would
prefer to see (again this is England and Wales specific) the use of
either:<br>
<br>
designation=BOAT - for "byway open to all traffic" (this is a legal
term and does not necessarily mean what it appears to say as there are
often restrictions on vehicular traffic specific to a particular
'BOAT')<br>
<br>
or<br>
<br>
designation=restricted_byway for "restricted byways" (again this is a
legal term)<br>
<br>
the wiki does make this distinction but tends to use the term "byway"
when it means "BOAT".<br>
<br>
If we are to continue this thread it should probably be in talk-GB as
it is probably not of relevance elsewhere - although of considerable
importance to walkers and other off-road users in England and Wales.<br>
<br>
Mike (mikh43)<br>
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On 19:59, Pieren wrote:
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Apr 22, 2010 at 12:15 PM, Richard
Mann <span dir="ltr"><<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:richard.mann.westoxford@googlemail.com">richard.mann.westoxford@googlemail.com</a>></span>
wrote:<br>
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style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">Yes
its a relic. Use highway=track+designation=byway instead<br>
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Richard<br>
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I'm not sure it's a relic but it's a UK specific tag. I asked the
question some time ago:<br>
<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/talk/2008-July/028091.html">http://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/talk/2008-July/028091.html</a><br>
or here:<br>
<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/talk/2008-July/028052.html">http://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/talk/2008-July/028052.html</a><br>
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Saying "use highway=track+designation=byway instead of highway=byway"<br>
sounds like the endless discussion about "highway=path+designation=*"
vs "highway=footway/cycleway/bridleway".<br>
<br>
Pieren<br>
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<div class="moz-signature">-- <br>
<b><i>Mike Harris</i></b></div>
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