[OSM-talk] Path in JOSM preset and motorcar=yes/designated

[Mike Harris]

Support addition of motor_vehicle to presets for highway=track ... This
would usefully match a 'restricted byway' in England - as opposed to a
'byway open to all traffic' (BOAT).

Mike Harris
 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Craig Wallace [mailto:craigw84 at fastmail.fm] 
> Sent: 30 August 2009 15:56
> To: talk at openstreetmap.org
> Subject: Re: [OSM-talk] Path in JOSM preset and 
> motorcar=yes/designated
> 
> On 30/08/2009 08:24, Christoph Eckert wrote:
> >> If a car can use it, it's a track, not a path.
> >>      
> > I better should resist to abuse my dictatorship for tagging 
> politics ;-) .
> > Anyway, I have removed motorcar from the list of options, 
> as tagwatch 
> > does not show significant use (10 times motorcar=no in 
> Europe). If the 
> > removal triggers some complaints, I'll reenable it.
> >    
> There seems to be something wrong with those Tagwatch stats, 
> as Tagwatch lists over 4000 uses of motorcar=no for 
> highway=path for Germany. Though I suspect many of them are 
> set by people just because its listed in the JOSM presets.
> I would agree with its removal anyway from the prests anyway, 
> as it just causes confusion. Maybe it would be more useful to 
> have the option for motorcycle or motor_vehicle instead?
> 
> And on a related note, it would be useful to have 
> motor_vehicle in the presets for highway=track.
> It would save having to set both motorcar and motorcycle, as 
> both are usually prohibited on most tracks around here.
> 
> Craig
> 
> 
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