[Tagging] highway=path, path=hiking

[Steve Bennett]

On Sat, Jul 16, 2011 at 11:51 PM, SomeoneElse
<lists at mail.atownsend.org.uk> wrote:
> "highway=path, path=hiking" doesn't say any more to me than
> "highway=footway" on its own would.

The distinction is "well constructed" versus "rough, minimal maintenance".

highway=path, path=hiking:
http://www.publicdomainpictures.net/pictures/12000/nahled/hiking-path-1-238412973779541Zf.jpg

highway=footway:
http://www.freefoto.com/images/808/12/808_12_2972---Footpath-through-Strid-Wood_web.jpg?&k=Footpath+through+Strid+Wood

This distinction exists and is meaningful. The question is whether
this is a good way to express it.

Steve