[OSM-talk] Map Feature default |was: Re: Annotation presets]

[Joerg Ostertag (OSM Munich/Germany)]

On Tuesday 12 September 2006 22:14, Thomas Walraet wrote:
> Nick Whitelegg a écrit :
> > What would be good though is for the user to be able to select a type of
> > way (e.g. "public footpath") and be able to map that to a whole *set* of
> > tags, so that selecting "public footpath" instantly tags the way with
> > both foot=yes and highway=footway.
>
> Is that just an example or do you really add foot=yes to your footway ?
>
> Is it because you assume that "no" is the default value ?
>
> it's seems so obvious that a footway is accessible by foot...
> Can't we agree on default things for each "highway" value ? So you had
> to add tags only when default is not ok.

Well foot=yes tells, that I know that you can walk this way. But without a tag 
set I wouldn't know if i can or cannot walk along this way. Thats the reason 
I think even foot=yes or foot=no make sense.

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Joerg