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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>I have gravitated toward JOSM's preset
style</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial> highway=footway for foot-only
traffic</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial> highway=path +
foot=designated / bicycle=designated / foot=yes / bicycle=yes as
appropriate</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial> I would clarify the phrase as
"<STRONG>with</STRONG> a more specific tag as appropriate".</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=gregcorradini@gmail.com
href="mailto:gregcorradini@gmail.com">Greg Corradini</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, August 25, 2010 4:30 PM</DIV>
<DIV><B>To:</B> <A title=talk@openstreetmap.org
href="mailto:talk@openstreetmap.org">talk@openstreetmap.org</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Subject:</B> [OSM-talk] Tagging Scheme Recommendations: highway=path,
footway,trail?</DIV></DIV></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT><BR></DIV>I've been looking at a lot of
hiking trails on OSM in the Cascade Mountains near Seattle. I've noticed a few
different tags in regard to trail GPS traces
(highway=path,highway=footway,highway=trail,highway=footpath). The wiki page on
"US roads tagging" recommendations only has the following advice to offer about
trails:<BR><BR>"Ways on which most motor vehicle traffic is either legally of
physically prohibitive get <TT
style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(224,224,240); WHITE-SPACE: pre" dir=ltr><A
title=Key:highway
href="http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:highway">highway</A>=<A
title=Tag:highway=path
href="http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:highway%3Dpath">path</A></TT>, or a
more specific tag as appropriate. This category includes roads that normally
function as hiking trails because of barricades opened only occasionally or
rarely."<BR><BR>I'm wondering if anyone with more OSM trail tagging experience
can clarify the last part of the first sentence -- "<B>or a more specific tag as
appropriate</B>". Has anyone done a tag count of trail-like values in OSM to get
an idea what's being used the most? Does anyone have a opinion about a more
specific tag to use for this feature?<BR><BR>Thanks<BR>
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