[Talk-GB] Freemap (OSM for walkers) - increased coverage
Mark Williams
mark.666 at blueyonder.co.uk
Wed Jun 10 08:19:26 BST 2009
Nick Whitelegg wrote:
>> For example, for public footpaths are you including all
>> highway=footway/footway=yes ways, or are you using the slowly
>> increasingly used tag that I read about somewhere of
>> designation=public_footpath?
>
> As stated in my original message, highway=footway/foot=yes are *not*
> recognised as public footpaths by the renderer, because there are too many
> instances of usage of this combination for things which are *not* public
> footpaths.
>
> To match a public footpath it has to be either foot=designated and hor
> not equal to designated, or designation=public_footpath.
>
> Nick
Would it be sensible to also render those with a ref - If it has a ref,
then it has to be a proper footpath - no?
It's how I've always distinguished them, and I've done quite a lot of
footpaths :)
Mark
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