[OSM-newbies] Footpaths

[Stephen Gower]

On Tue, May 20, 2008 at 08:50:39PM +0100, Bob Cox wrote:
> Some advice on how to show major footpaths, in this case the Avon Valley
> Path. On Ordnance Survey maps it is marked separately to other paths and
> roads. Is this the way it should be done or should it be merged into
> roads where it accesses them? Or is there some other way to do it?

  I think this is a job for relations -
  http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/Relations/Routes is a
  pretty well formed proposal on how to do this, and the Bike Route
  variation on this is already in general use as it is rendered on
  the Cycle Map at http://www.GravityStorm.co.uk/osm
  
  s