[OSM-newbies] Tagging ways

[Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)]

Bob Hawkins wrote:
>Sent: 03 July 2008 10:15 AM
>To: newbies at openstreetmap.org
>Subject: [OSM-newbies] Tagging ways
>
>There are two residential streets in an area that I have been mapping, one
>of which has a 'Bridleway' sign at its ends, the other has 'Footpath'.  I
>have tagged the roads 'highway=residential' plus the street name.  Is there
>value in tagging the ways additionally with 'bridleway' and 'footway'?  If
>so, how do I do it, because it seems that a 'highway' key can only appear
>once, and 'residential' and 'bridleway', for example, are both 'highway'
>values?
>

There is no need to add bridleway/footway tags if the residential road is
already a public right of way.

Cheers

Andy