[OSM-talk] Map Features tagging question

[Andy Robinson]

yep, you can interpret any key and value any way you like. There are no
strict definitions.

The abutters tag is there to allow rendering of the map areas more richly so
that the type of area on the urban map is distinguishable. So residential,
commercial, retail, industrial etc.. However this is independent of the road
type running through the neighbourhood which could be any type of highway
designation from motorway right through to footway or course.

Andy Robinson
Andy_J_Robinson at blueyonder.co.uk 

>-----Original Message-----
>From: tgomas [mailto:tgomas at gmail.com]
>Sent: 19 July 2006 15:37
>To: Andy Robinson
>Cc: talk at openstreetmap.org
>Subject: Re: [OSM-talk] Map Features tagging question
>
>> >-----Original Message-----
>> >From: Nick Whitelegg [mailto:nick at hogweed.org]
>> >
>> >On Wednesday 19 Jul 2006 10:15, you wrote:
>> >> I'd just tag those as "footway". That's what I've been doing for all
>the
>> >> well trodden paths across land I turn up
>> >>
>> >
>> >Should this be the case even if they have horse rights?
>> >
>> >Nick
>> 2006/7/19, Andy Robinson <Andy_J_Robinson at blueyonder.co.uk>:
>> I don't see why not. The designation is more for establishing what the
>> feature looks like when rendered. You are already tagging additionally to
>> note what is permissive and what is not.
>>
>> Cheers
>>
>> Andy
>>
>
>But the same feature may looks like a footway for you and like a
>bridleway for me. So what? Is the first one writing the "highway" tag
>considered as being true?
>
>I think we mixed up several things in this tag like the size and the
>nature. I'm sure that separating all the characteristics of a feature
>in separate attributes will be too heavy to maintain, but perhaps is
>it possible to extract some things from the "highway" tag.
>
>Another example is the "residential" case:
>I don't see any difference between "highway=minor,
>abutters=residential" and "highway=residential". It's confusing since
>some roads with tag "highway=secondary"   have too the
>"abutters=residential" tag.
>
>regards,
>tGomas