[Tagging] When does highway=footway become highway=pedestrian?

[Martin Koppenhoefer]

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> On 31 Oct 2021, at 02:07, Minh Nguyen <minh at nguyen.cincinnati.oh.us> wrote:
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> Other kinds of highway=* area=yes have been controversial and at least one renderer has consciously removed support for them as a tagging mistake.


there’s a fundamental difference of pedestrian / footway highways mapped with area=yes and other, vehicle related highways: vehicles are typically required to drive on the right (or left in countries who like to make things different) even in absence of road markings, while pedestrians can walk in any direction and on any side. That’s why area:highway is a better tag for highways for vehicles, as long as it’s the area of a road and not a big unorganized paved area where you can drive wherever you want.
“Only 2 times the usage” is still double.

Cheers Martin