[OSM-talk] Proliferation of path vs. footway

[Hatto von Hatzfeld]

Nop wrote:

> 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.
 
> 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.

You are exaggerating. They all say something like "specially designated
(typically by a government) for use by a particular mode (or modes) of
transport."
 
> Official is new and has only one meaning.

>From Map features: "official is used for ways dedicated to a certain mode of
travel by law. Usually indicated by a traffic sign."

I really do not see where the use of "designated" has differed from this
definition.

Hatto