[Tagging] "new" highway tag for small and informal footpaths; trail

[M∡rtin Koppenhoefer]

2010/10/26 John Smith <deltafoxtrot256 at gmail.com>:
> On 26 October 2010 07:53, Alex Mauer <hawke at hawkesnest.net> wrote:
>> I would consider those to be informal=yes, were I to use this tag.
>
> As Felix pointed out, that doesn't add anything useful to describe the
> current state of the path, only how it may have been formed,


"anything useful" vs "only" ;-)
I understand that you don't consider this useful, I do. Especially in parks.


> the first
> picture you posted looks like it would be much easier to traverse than
> the second, but tagging as informal doesn't tell me that.


and? Nobody ever said informal would add information about the ease to use.

Cheers,
Martin