[Talk-GB] Definitive Ways - tagging? (was Re: Talk-GB Digest, Vol 44, Issue 19)

[Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)]

Richard Mann [mailto:richard.mann.westoxford at googlemail.com] wrote:
>Sent: 13 May 2010 2:00 PM
>To: Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
>Cc: Ian Spencer; talk-gb at openstreetmap.org
>Subject: Re: [Talk-GB] Definitive Ways - tagging? (was Re: Talk-GB Digest,
>Vol 44, Issue 19)
>
>If you've got reasonable non-copyright evidence that there's a PROW
>across the field, use designation=public_footpath. If there's a path
>that people seem to use, use the highway=path tag (or some other
>highway tag if you prefer), and maybe a surface tag. You can have a
>OSM way with just a designation tag; it doesn't have to have a highway
>tag. 

And how would I verify that way on the ground then?

The same argument applies generally to other non physical objects in the
database. Public Transport zone and boundary data both being good examples
of "virtual" data that we currently collect. We might in the long run think
about differentiating those objects which are non physical. 

Cheers

Andy

Mapnik won't render it, but someone else might want the info; may
>as well record it while you're there.
>
>Richard
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