[OSM-newbies] Tagging ways

[Nick Austin]

On Thu, Jul 3, 2008 at 10:14 AM, Bob Hawkins <bobhawkins at waitrose.com> wrote:
> 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?

If there are footpath or bridleway signs present then the chances are
that the road is private.  The highway tag is used to describe the
physical characteristics of the road so highway=residential is
correct.  You should also use access tags for example foot=yes,
horse=private, bicycle=private, motorcycle=private and
motorcar=private.

Nick.