[OSM-talk] Proliferation of path vs. footway

[Alex Mauer]

On 08/10/2009 05:27 AM, Frank Sautter wrote:
> Tom Chance wrote:
>> I'm 100% unclear about the distinction between highway=path and
>> highway=footway.
> 
> the whole "highway=path"-thingy was victim of a "hostile takeover" ;-)

It was?  when did that happen?  can you point to it in the wiki?

> at the beginning highway=path was proposed as a something like a NARROW 
> highway=track for use by bike, foot, horse, hiking, deer (mainly in 
> non-urban areas).

No it wasn't.  Read the history at
http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php?title=Approved_features/Path&dir=prev&action=history

Prior to that, I created the proposal "Trail" which was also not like
you describe. http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Proposed_features/Trail

From the very beginning, it did not mean what you say it did.  Maybe
you're thinking of something else?

-Alex Mauer "hawke"

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