[OSM-talk] Proliferation of path vs. footway

[Nick Whitelegg]

>The highway=footway is IMHO an alias for the more complex highway=path 
>foot=yes surface=paved etc. construction. I think aliases are 
>perfectly legitimate constructs when dealing with very common 
>situations, and furthermore, much easier for newbies to remember and 
>deal with.

Perhaps, but I feel it's the *editors* that should wrap the complexities 
of tagging with "human language" equivalents for each, perhaps localised 
to the user's own country. 

Nick