[Talk-GB] Some newbie questions

[Andy Allan]

On 3/5/07, Nick Whitelegg <Nick.Whitelegg at solent.ac.uk> wrote:
> >About the firepaths, it seems to me it would be best represented as a
> >short way with the same highway=* attribute as the road it is on, with
> >access=no and fire_engine=yes.  Other people might correct me on this.
>
> Perhaps highway=whatever, fire_engine=yes, foot=yes, motorcar=no,
> bicycle=yes (assuming bikes can do it) would be most appropriate. The only
> difficulty is what to call the highway. Frequently blocked off sections of
> roads like this become highway=footway, but if fire engines can also
> access it, maybe that isn't appropriate.

I've marked quite a few of these around my area, but they are
generally gated with cycle path / markings down either side of the
fire access gate. I've been marking them as short sections of
highway=cycleway - which more or less works, since I'm not interested
in routing fire engines!

I would show you an example, but neither of the renderers have good
enough zoom to stop the roads either side blending into each other.