[talk-au] Cycleway/footway/path

[John Smith]

--- On Fri, 7/8/09, Roy Wallace <waldo000000 at gmail.com> wrote:

> I'm pretty sure no one was suggesting this (i.e. removing
> information). It's the way the information in entered in
> tags that is
> being discussed. The fact is that we currently have
> highway=cycleway;foot=yes AND highway=footway;cycle=yes,
> and it is
> difficult to choose which is appropriate for a particular
> shared-use
> path.

The other poster was commenting on how these render, and by marking them all virtually the same you can't tell at a glance if it's a better path for cycling or not, so yes you would loose information.