[Talk-GB] Ways with path vs footway

[SK53]

Hi Mat,

The path vs footway is a bit of a can of worms & the various viewpoints
have been extensively rehearsed over the years. Therefore anything I say
represents my own views.

Using path for some footpaths & footway for others may be consistent for an
individual mapper, but clearly not across all mappers. Therefore any
distinction must depend on other tags (notably surface & access).
To my mind this makes most uses of highway=path redundant as the same
concept can be represented with highway=footway with surface tags, or for
shared use paths with highway=cycleway & appropriate access/surface tags.

The one absolute rule is that if you use highway=path, access tags MUST be
added and surface tags SHOULD be added (probably MUST for
bicycle=yes|permissive).

Jerry





On Mon, 13 Dec 2021 at 12:46, Mat Attlee <mattattlee at gmail.com> wrote:

> I was looking at the map for Wanstead Park after a recent survey and
> noticed the ways are a mix of path and footway and I'm wondering what is
> the right approach? Am I correct in assuming that footway is generally used
> for dedicated and often paved footpaths whilst the unpaved parts in the
> park would be better modelled as a path?
>
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