[OSM-talk-be] Introduction

[Ben Laenen]

Jo wrote:
> Hi Marc,
> 
> Your help will be much appreciated! Voetwegen are usually tagged as:
> 
> highway=footway
> name=Voetweg 22
> bicycle=yes (or no, of course)
> horse=no (or yes)
> width=1.60
> surface=dirt (or paved, asphalt)


No, they're usually tagged highway=path

The access tags like bicycle=yes and horse=no are also a bit of a minefield 
for newcomers.

Click the right traffic signs to get the tags (it's still unfinished though - 
just don't look at the highway tags too much yet -- only works on Firefox and 
possibly Opera):
http://mijndev.openstreetmap.nl/~eimai/verkeersborden/

I also don't really recommend using name=Voetweg 22, unless it has street name 
signs as such (I know there are some like that around that area).

If you really want to go hardcore with it, I've been using tags like 
vicinal_ref=<number> before to map the number of the voetweg/buurtweg. That 
way you won't get into trouble if you have both a real name and a number (in 
theory, all public streets and paths should have a number, but that's 
obviously not the case anymore)

Greetings
Ben