[Tagging] Reviving the path discussion - the increasing importance of trails in OSM

Peter Elderson pelderson at gmail.com
Wed May 27 12:48:04 UTC 2020


Daniel Westergren:

> And a path should never get surface=paved, asphalt or similar, because
> then it's not a path, but a footway or cycleway.
>

Sorry that's too strict. I often can't tell from the pavement what the use
or access is. Lots of paths get an asphalt layer for ease of maintenance,
that doesn't tell you it's a footway or a cycleway. It's just a path made
easier.

If I come across an unmapped path with no visible designation, do I not map
it because I don't know what it's for? My solution is: I don't map it
unless I need it in a route I'm mapping. In that case, it's a path, nothing
else. That's all we know.
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