[Tagging] highway=path, path=hiking
Werner Hoch
werner.ho at gmx.de
Sat Jul 16 19:52:42 BST 2011
Hi,
On Samstag, 16. Juli 2011, Steve Bennett wrote:
> 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
This way looks wide enough for agricultural vehicles.
I'd tag this as: highway=track tracktype=grade2
> highway=footway:
> http://www.freefoto.com/images/808/12/808_12_2972---Footpath-through-
> Strid-Wood_web.jpg?&k=Footpath+through+Strid+Wood
And this as highway=path sac_scale=hiking and maybe surface=ground
> This distinction exists and is meaningful. The question is whether
> this is a good way to express it.
Take a look at taginfo:
sac_scale:
http://taginfo.openstreetmap.org/keys/sac_scale#values
path:
http://taginfo.openstreetmap.org/keys/path#values
surface:
http://taginfo.openstreetmap.org/keys/surface#values
Regards
Werner (werner2101)
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