[talk-au] Australian Tagging Guidelines Footpath Cycling

[Andrew Harvey]

A highway=track without any other access tags is ambiguous, so you should
always tag either access=* or foot=*. An agricultural track on private
property should have access=private to prevent trespassing. A fire trail
which only authorised emergency services and land management vehicles can
use would be motor_vehicle=private, and if walkers are allowed then
foot=yes should be added to distinguish it from private property.

highway=path is for mixed use or unspecified modes, so foot=yes can help
make it clearer walkers are allowed, as some highway=path would be on
private property and access=no, so always best to explicitly tag the access.

On Mon, 16 May 2022 at 21:17, Ian Steer <iansteer at iinet.net.au> wrote:

> Tony,
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> I’m wondering about the usefulness of adding foot=yes to highway=path and
> highway=track.
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> I have never done this because I thought it would be assumed that
> pedestrians (and cyclists) can use paths and tracks ?
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> In WA, where people have (in my opinion) wrongly classified a path as a
> footpath (and hence excluded bicycles), I have often changed it to a path,
> but never tagged foot=yes and/or bicycle=yes.
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> Ian
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> >Date: Mon, 16 May 2022 16:55:42 +1000
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> >From: forster at ozonline.com.au
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> >To: talk-au at openstreetmap.org
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> >Subject: [talk-au] Australian Tagging Guidelines Footpath Cycling
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> >Hi
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> >I have edited
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> https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Australian_Tagging_Guidelines#Footpath_Cycling
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> >(1) to record the different international English uses of footpath,
> pavement and sidewalk
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> >(2) to give photographic examples as a base for discussion.
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> >Not intending to redefine anything, sorry if anything is controversial.
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> >Tony
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