[Talk-GB] Wiki - United_Kingdom_Tagging_Guidelines

[monxton]

On 01/03/2011 13:31, Richard Mann wrote:
> A new page seems to have appeared on the wiki:
> http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/United_Kingdom_Tagging_Guidelines
>
> This states a preference for highway=path+foot=designated over
> highway=footway (etc).
>
> I don't remember this being discussed or agreed, but my memory could
> be failing me.
>
> I think the article should probably state existing usage (based on
> tagwatch), rather than promote minority alternatives.
>
> Views?

It wasn't exactly a new page. It was created as a merge of (at least) 
two predecessor pages:

  UK Countryside mapping: 
http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/w/index.php?title=UK_Countryside_mapping&oldid=394794

and

Public rights of way in England and Wales: 
http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/w/index.php?title=Public_rights_of_way_in_England_and_Wales&oldid=553259

(The links are to the most recent versions of those pages before they 
were reduced to redirect pages.)

Although I was pleased when Bobious merged these two pages, as I had to 
keep consulting them both, there was a lot of good information in the 
old pages, including the arguments by NickW and others for the "new" 
scheme, which may have been lost when the combined page was created.

To avoid simply rehearsing old arguments, it would be good if everyone 
taking part in this discussion would go back and review these pages, and 
their discussion pages:
http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Talk:Public_rights_of_way_in_England_and_Wales 

http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Talk:UK_Countryside_mapping