[Talk-GB] Wiki - United_Kingdom_Tagging_Guidelines

[Richard Mann]

On Wed, Mar 2, 2011 at 11:44 AM, Ed Avis <eda at waniasset.com> wrote:
> I was thinking of cities.  There are all sorts
> of paths between buildings, pedestrian shortcuts, even walkways inside shopping
> centres and so on.
>
> I believe these should be tagged as highway=footway and should not have any
> designation=x or foot=designated or other cruft added, unless there is definite
> knowledge of the right of way status.

As per my original post, I think the wiki ought to record the dominant
usage. I think plain highway=footway is dominant for such situations.

The only area where I think the dominant usage is unclear is rural
paths, which were traditionally done as plain highway=footway, but
there are now quite a lot of plain highway=path. But again, I think
the wiki should just say what's the current situation, and leave it up
to mappers to choose.

Richard