[talk-au] Bush walking tracks

Roy Wallace waldo000000 at gmail.com
Mon Aug 3 06:06:38 BST 2009


The Australian Tagging Guidelines currently say that for bush walking
tracks: "Tag these highway=footway. and for track sections along fire
trails, highway=track is appropriate."

Shouldn't these be highway=path; foot=yes, rather than
highway=footway? The wiki page of the former says "It is also used for
hiking trails", whereas the latter says "for designated footpaths,
i.e. mainly/exclusively for pedestrians."

Calling a bush walking track a "designated footpath" doesn't sound
exactly right, nor does calling a bushwalker a "pedestrian".

Thoughts?




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