[Tagging] Footways where pedestrians may only walk in one direction: oneway:foot=yes or foot:backward=no?

[Shawn K. Quinn]

On 4/15/20 22:03, Joseph Eisenberg wrote:
> But as an English speaker, I find it difficult to immediately
> understand the meaning of foot:backward=no (which uses a double
> negative, as it were), while oneway:foot=yes seems clear right away.
> 
> Is there really a reason to prefer the less common tag? Does it make
> more sense in other languages?

oneway:foot=yes has an obvious meaning. foot:backward=no may make sense
to someone who has already read the wiki or other documentation, but is
confusing and has the double negative aspect to it. It also does not
jive with other tags already used on OSM. It would be as if we tagged
one-way roads with motor_vehicle:backward=no, etc.

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