[Tagging] Meaning of access=yes on highway=footway?

[Johannes Rössel]

Hello, Raphael.

This is indeed mentioned in the Wiki: 
https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:access#Transport_mode_restrictions

So I guess there's some precedent of both mappers using this and routers 
being confused.

The example with the stairs is quite illustrative in my eyes: Yes, 
technically it could mean that anything can now use that way, but that 
doesn't really make sense.

Personally, when tagging access restrictions from signage, I just map 
the signs onto the respective transport modes (which in Germany is 
luckily fairly straightforward).

Best regards,
Johannes

On 2022-04-23 22:41, Raphael wrote:
> Hello everyone
> 
> I recently got lost with OsmAnd because it wanted to guide me by car
> along a (public) footpath (highway=footway) tagged with acces=yes. Is
> this a routing or a tagging error? That is, does access=yes on
> highway=footway mean that the footpath is open to all vehicles or that
> only pedestrians are allowed?
> 
> Best regards
> 
> Raphael (dafadllyn)
> 
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