[Talk-GB] Milton Keynes Redways - How to Tag Consistently

[Warin]

On 22/03/19 02:35, Peter Neale via Talk-GB wrote:
> Thanks to all for the helpful responses.
>
> I have looked (again) at the OSM Tags for Routing at
> https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/OSM_tags_for_routing/Access-Restrictions#United_Kingdom
> from which it is clear that foot=yes (for example) is implied by 
> highway=cycleway.
>
> However, Andy's question (if I understand it correctly) set me 
> wondering whether there is any need to / benefit from distinguishing 
> between foot=yes and foot=designated, etc.
>
> MK council, in their public mapping, imply that Redways are NOT 
> (generally / universally) PROW.  However, they DO seem to be 
> "designated" for foot and cycle (and wheelchairs etc.), so perhaps 
> they should be tagged; bicycle=designated; foot=designated,etc.,which 
> highway=cycleway does not imply.
>
> Also, at the end of my original post, I asked:
>
> "*Naming*
> I am not aware of any Redways that have unique names (someone will 
> probably correct me on this), but I see several on OSM tagged with 
> “name=Redway”.  Whilst I can see the attraction of doing this, I 
> suspect that would not be considered good practice.  Should I delete 
> that name, whenever I see it? "
>
> Nobody seems to have commented on that yet (perhaps it got lost 
> somewhere).  Any views?

I have transferred several 'names' to the description tag. Might be 
acceptable here?

>
> Regards,
>
> Peter
>
> On Thursday, 21 March 2019, 13:54:20 GMT, Andy Townsend 
> <ajt1047 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
> On 21/03/2019 13:35, Ed Loach wrote:
> > How tagging changes over time...
> >
> > RichardF wrote:
> >> highway=cycleway, segregated=no achieves all that in two tags
> >> rather than
> >> seven. :)
> > I remember
> > https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Milton_Keynes_Mapping_Party_2009
> > where it looks like we (or at least I) only used highway=cycleway, e.g.
> > https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/34669428/history
> >
> If they have some legal status beyond being "mere shared cycleways"
> would some sort of designation tag also make sense here? Currently
> that's used for legal designations such as public footpaths, public
> bridleways (and also I think core paths in Scotland).
>
> Best Regards,
>
> Andy
>
>

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