[Tagging] [OSM-talk] Unnamed footways for pedestrian navigation

[SomeoneElse]

  On 10/09/2010 11:14, Tobias Knerr wrote:
> Lulu-Ann wrote:
>> I would like to add loc_name-tags for this and name ways like "footway from village A to B, west of footway crossing in MyWoodName"
> Yes: Don't use loc_name (or any other key that contains "name") for
> this. It's not a name. It's a description.
>
Yes - I'd agree that that sounds to me like a description rather than a 
name (unless the path actually has a name of some sort of course).

However, in areas where there are many paths that could be ued to go 
from one place to another, I can see that it would be useful to know a 
suggested one to take (based on someone who's been there before, rather 
than a routing engine which only knows about distance and maybe elevation).

There have probably been 1001 wiki proposals for how to record stuff 
like this, so I've got two questions:

o Which proposals* are in use, widespread or otherwise?

o What information would it be useful to know about e.g. a footpath in 
the woods from A to B?

(followups possibly better suited to the tagging list; cc:ed)

Cheers,
Andy

*none of which I've read because it's been summer in this hemisphere and 
far too nice to stay indoors.