A Bridleway?? was: Re: [OSM-talk] Map Features tagging question

Andy Robinson Andy_J_Robinson at blueyonder.co.uk
Wed Jul 19 16:03:23 BST 2006


Perhaps someone will add the value "yakway" when Tibet shows up on OSM :-)

Cheers

Andy

Andy Robinson
Andy_J_Robinson at blueyonder.co.uk 

>-----Original Message-----
>From: talk-bounces at openstreetmap.org [mailto:talk-
>bounces at openstreetmap.org] On Behalf Of Nick Black
>Sent: 19 July 2006 15:58
>To: Floris
>Cc: talk at openstreetmap.org
>Subject: Re: A Bridleway?? was: Re: [OSM-talk] Map Features tagging
>question
>
>A Bridleway is a path that has been designated for use by Horses as
>well as pedestrians.  In the UK horses are not allowed to use
>Footpaths.  Bicycles are also permitted on them.
>
>See the wikipedia article for a more detailed definition:
>
>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bridleway
>
>Hope it helps,
>
>Nick
>
>
>On 7/19/06, Floris <osm at floris.nu> wrote:
>> can someone explain to me what a bridleway is?
>> i'm not a native english speaker and have never heard of the term...
>> it just keeps popping up here :)
>>
>> greetings,
>> floris looyesteyn
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "tgomas" <tgomas at gmail.com>
>> To: "Andy Robinson" <Andy_J_Robinson at blueyonder.co.uk>
>> Cc: <talk at openstreetmap.org>
>> Sent: Wednesday, July 19, 2006 4:37 PM
>> 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
>> >
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