It's a monthly thing ...in OSM land<div>lol .. smooth :)<div><br>
<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Jan 11, 2011 at 8:36 PM, Anthony <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:osm@inbox.org">osm@inbox.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
On Tue, Jan 11, 2011 at 11:08 PM, Anthony <<a href="mailto:osm@inbox.org">osm@inbox.org</a>> wrote:<br>
> The wiki is confusing, though. It puts highway=residential,<br>
> highway=track, highway=service, and highway=pedestrian under the<br>
> subcategory of "roads", but it puts highway=cycleway, highway=footway,<br>
> and highway=bridleway under the subcategory of "paths". Which I<br>
> thought was distinguishing between motor vehicle traffic allowed and<br>
> motor vehicle traffic not allowed. But then highway=pedestrian would<br>
> be an exception.<br>
> [....]<br>
> Well, according to my understanding of the wiki, a cycleway (like a<br>
> bridleway and a footway) is a "path" and not a "road". If we want to<br>
> keep that distinction, maybe there should be a highway=unknown tag,<br>
> for cases where we don't know if it's a "path" or a "road".<br>
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By the way, this is a great example of why "no approval process<br>
required for tags" is a weakness, and not a strength (see "Ultimate<br>
list of approved keys",<br>
<a href="http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.comp.gis.openstreetmap.tagging/6203" target="_blank">http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.comp.gis.openstreetmap.tagging/6203</a>)<br>
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