[OSM-talk] Rendering of footways with bicycle=yes

[Jacek Konieczny]

On Thu, Apr 30, 2009 at 01:10:13PM +0200, Mario Salvini wrote:
> If such paths are designated for foot ans bicyle as well, why don't you 
> tag them both as designated?
> highway=path foot=designated bicycle=designated ( or footway 
> +bicycle=designated or cycleway+foot=desiganted)

I do that, when the paths are designated for both. I use
'cycleway+foot=designated' as those were usually built with bicycles in
mind and I prefer using "path" for the more 'raw', usually unpaved
paths, like in a forest.  But there are foot paths which are not
designated by bicycles, but bicycles are allowed there.

The problem is that footway is always rendered the same, not matter if
it is also tagged bicycle=yes or bicycle=designated (though I am not
sure about the latter), which is not a problem on a generic road map,
but is quite a problem for cycle/tourist maps. So, I guess, this thread
is about a feature request for renderers. Nothing to fight about :)

Greets,
   Jacek