[Tagging] [OSM-talk] OpenStreetMap Carto release v4.25.0

[Jeroen Hoek]

On 07-02-20 17:58, Martin Koppenhoefer wrote:> interestingly, for paths
and roads there is also an area=yes variant
> (which is likely more common than the newer "area:highway" tag, which
> has different semantics).

To be precise: `area=yes` on a `highway=*` means that the whole area is
routable, not just the (closed) way surrounding it. I.e., clever routing
software could send someone along a (shorter) path across the area
instead of along its sides.

Its semantics match that of `barrier=hedge` plus `area=yes`.

`area:highway=*` is more akin to `landcover=*` in that it represent the
surface area of the road, where `highway=*` represents the linear route
of the road.