[OSM-talk] Path vs footway vs cycleway vs...

[Steve Bennett]

On Sun, Nov 29, 2009 at 1:09 AM, Ben Laenen <benlaenen at gmail.com> wrote:
> And at one time it was that easy in OSM, but the real world really isn't. In
> some countries it may work fine, but in other countries the distinction
> between the three has no connection with the actual situation and would
> introduce a number of ambiguities where you don't really know anymore whether
> something is allowed or not.

Ok, since I'm new here, I'll ask the obvious question: does it matter
whether this stuff is done the same across different countries? Is it
not ok if "cycleway" has slightly different semantics in different
jurisdictions?

(Australian bias showing, I'm unable to conceive of the idea of
cycling from one country to another...)