[OSM-talk-be] Introduction

[Ivo De Broeck]

Use potlatch 2 (simple) choose among the path's the "generic path"
Interesting discussion to help a newbie ;-)

2011/4/15 Ben Laenen <benlaenen at gmail.com>

> 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
>
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