[OSM-newbies] Marking Public_Footpaths on Farm Access Tracks

[David Groom]

> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Dudley Ibbett" <dudleyibbett at hotmail.com>
> To: <newbies at openstreetmap.org>
> Sent: Saturday, February 25, 2012 9:35 AM
> Subject: Re: [OSM-newbies] Marking Public_Footpaths on Farm Access Tracks
>
>
>
> Hi
>
> It is possible to have a public_footpath rendered on tpo of a farm access
> track?  I haven't found an example yet.  Presumably the rendering is base 
> on
> the highway tag (footway/service) and therefore this might not be 
> possible.
> I have an example where a public_footpath (highway/footway) goes across a
> field, along part of a farm access track (highway/service) and then enters
> another field (highway/footway).  It would seem preferable to tag the 
> access
> track as a highway/service but ideally I'd like to mark the 
> public_footpath
> on top.  I've tried looking on JOSM but haven't found an example.  It may 
> be
> I'm not looking in the right place or it isn't possible.  Thanks in 
> advance
> for any advice.
>
> Regards
>
Basically you have two questions:

1) how do I tag this ?- in the UK you could use the tags "highway = service" 
together with "designation = public_footpath"

2) How does this get rendered ? This very much depends on who is doing the 
rendering,

For instance there is a way tagged as I indicated in (1) , compare the two 
renderings here:
 http://www.free-map.org.uk/freemap/index.php?zoom=16&lat=51.04989&lon=-0.72665&layers=B0FFhttp://www.openstreetmap.org/?zoom=16&lat=51.04989&lon=-0.72665&layers=B0FFRegardsDavid> Dudley