[OSM-newbies] newbies Digest, Vol 29, Issue 14

[Mike Harris]

Belatedly, due to walking footways / paths in Finland ...

There is a lot on this on the wiki. I have always felt that, despite the
linguistic inappropriateness, the term 'path' was a bit like the term 'road'
- something to be used only when all else fails, e.g. in the case of 'path',
something that has no surface, no official standing and no explicit
permission to walk.

The question of surface can be dealt with either by a surface= tag or a
tracktype= tag.

http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/UK_public_rights_of_way

The terminology is admittedly odd, but well enshrined in practice and in the
wiki. I suspect that it originated in German-English. The normal dictionary
meaning of 'footway' in British English is, after all, the same as
'sidewalk' in American English! .... Which doesn't help at all.

Mike Harris

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