[OSM-talk] Proliferation of path vs. footway

Mon Aug 10 14:44:27 BST 2009

2009/8/10 Lester Caine <lester at lsces.co.uk>:
> Liz wrote:
>
> Following on from the 'discussion' on this list ...
> drop highway=cycleway and highway=foot?

That would be bad idea

>
> Add separate tracks for the footpaths associated with a highway
> footway=side
> footway=in_verge

but this something that would be really great as most, but not all of
the roads have footways in one or both sides and that would make
tagging such thing easily.

This must be discussed, completed and accepted asap so more people
could start using it without fear that it would change..
http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Proposed_features/Footway

>
> I currently HAVE a highway=secondary, and now I need to add the detail such as
> which side there is a 'sidewalk' or path isolated from the main way by a grass
> verge. We ONLY need the one highway= as that provides the vehicle routing, but
> that is not suitable for pedestrian use ( although it can be ). There are
> sections of footpath running alongside the road, or in the verge, and the
> pedestrian has to cross the road at some points to follow the safe footway ...
> along with footpaths isolated from the main road, but which are the pedestrian
> route associated with the 'highway'.
>
> Separate cycleways get their own tags as well, which may also be the prefered
> foot route, but I think that what is now adding to the confusion is creating
> additional 'highway' routes, which are not really part of the 'highway' grid?
> We separate waterway and indicate their tow-paths, but these really form part
> of the footpath grid rather than the canal network.
>
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