[talk-au] Cycleway/footway/path

[John Smith]

--- On Mon, 10/8/09, Liz <edodd at billiau.net> wrote:

> highways are in contrast to byways
> where the highway is the main road
> but discussing the etymology isn't going to help OSM sort
> out why and how to 
> tag

Words change, sometimes into the complete opposite of their original meaning, I don't think we should be entirely governed by what words meant 1000 years ago.

> subdividing non-car ways off from highway would help
> routing software.
> My Garmin thing wanted me to use a walking / cycle track
> alongside Lake Burley 
> Griffin once

That isn't an issue with the current tagging, it's an issue with the pre-processing of the data into garmin format, after all you don't load OSM data directly onto your garmin. The pre-processor should be fixed, not change tagging because you think it might fix things with the pre-processor.