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

[Martin Koppenhoefer]

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> On 16. Apr 2020, at 05:44, Shawn K. Quinn <skquinn at rushpost.com> wrote:
> 
> 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.


there is no double negative to it, it is a simple transportmode:direction=no

The tag could also be foot:forward=no (depending on the way direction in OpenStreetMap)

 oneway:foot does not have any meaning at all, neither yes nor no, because foot is not a part of oneway. 

It can only bear meaning if you reject tagging structure and see it as a term on its own (like oneway_foot or asdfghj). If you believe it makes sense to base tags on a well defined systematic structure, then it is pointless.

Cheers Martin