[josm-dev] Steps and bridges on footways

[ael]

ael wrote:
> Stefan Breunig wrote:
>> Seems to work fine for me – presets offer the "Bridge" checkbox and
>> it's also rendered nicely. Please be more specfic what you mean by
>> "accepting"? Doesn't it render, isn't it offered in the presets or are
>> your manually set tags even removed? In any case, can you give an
>> example (i.e tags; is it way or node?) where the action fails?
> 
> Sorry. I should have been clearer. I frequently draw a complete footway, 
> and then "cut" it into pieces at the bridges and steps and the like. I 
> find this more efficient in terms of tagging. I then use the edit/add 
> tag option (sorry, don't have josm open just now) to add the extra tags 
> for those portions. That is when I can't find the bridge or steps tags. 
> I can "force" them, but then validator complains.

Apologies. I now realize that "steps" is a highway tag mutually 
exclusive with highway=footway, so I guess that explains the problem. I 
expected it to be a property...

ael