[OSM-talk] footway vs. path [Was: highway=track and motorcar=yes/no]

[Alex Mauer]

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Rainer Dorsch wrote:
> I am wondering what is the difference between footway and path? sac_scale on 
> http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/Map_Features seems to apply for both. 
> Does that mean a mountain hiking path can be a path or a footway? 
> 
> Are paths larger than footways? 
> 
> Is it for paths required that any other vehicle/horse can use the path 
> otherwise it is a footway?

There is no defined physical difference between footway and path.  The
difference is that footways are primarily or exclusively for use by foot
traffic, while paths are not.

- -Alex Mauer "hawke"
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