[Tagging] Difference between "yes" and "designated" in access tags

[Andrew Welch]

On 30/04/2024 9:59 am, Andrew Harvey wrote:

> On Tue, 30 Apr 2024 at 09:04, stevea <steveaOSM at softworkers.com> wrote:
> 
>> In my mind "designated" means "for this infrastructure / 
>> mode-of-travel pair, DO use this."  Like legislatively or because a 
>> sign says so and quotes a local ordinance or traffic code statute.  
>> "We built this, use it."  (Say, for your own safety and/or comfort).
>> 
>> With "yes" you certainly can use this infrastructure for that 
>> particular mode-of-travel.  Though, nothing more than that.
> 
> I usually go along with was it designed, built, intended or signposted 
> for use by this mode? If so then it's designated. For example a road 
> was designed, built and intended for use by cars, 
> motor_vehicle=designated but if there's no sidewalk you can legally and 
> physically walk on the road so foot=yes. However some roads like a 
> living street / shared zone, are signposted for pedestrians to use, so 
> we'd tag foot=designated.

Everything I've seen pretty much goes with: signposted or marked in some 
way to indicate usage = designated.