[OSM-newbies] Footpath or Footway

[Thomas Wood]

On Wed, Feb 20, 2008 at 9:22 PM, John1981 <naced at bacassa.co.uk> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
>  JOSM and the Map Features says the tag for a footpath is a "footway".
>  Potlatch uses "footpath".
>
>  Does it matter? ;-)
>
>  John
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The preset option shows as 'footpath', but it sets the tag of highway=footway
So there's no difference, it's just a prettier display method, I guess.

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Regards,
Thomas Wood
(Edgemaster)