[OSM-talk] Proliferation of path vs. footway

Nop ekkehart at gmx.de
Mon Aug 17 18:30:35 BST 2009


Hi!

Hatto von Hatzfeld schrieb:
> 
> I appreciate Nop's proposal - but why replace "designated" by "official"? I
> do not see that "designated" has been used in the past with a meaning
> differing from what "official" would be used for in future.
> 
> Or did I miss anything in this discussion?

Yes. :-)

Designated is linked to footway/cycleway and there are about 5 different 
interpretations on what it means, all of them documented somewhere in 
the Wiki.

Official is new and has only one meaning.

bye
	Nop





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