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

Richard Fairhurst richard at systemed.net
Mon Nov 30 00:38:07 GMT 2009


Cartinus wrote:
> It's fairly simple to put foot=no on all cycleways in what is probably 
> the only country with rules for cycleways that are so strict.

Indeed.

> The often mentioned German paths with a white line in the middle 
> (that separates cyclists and pedestrians) could have been done with 
> highway=cycleway+footway=lane or something similar.

highway=cycleway, segregated=yes . There are zillions of these in Britain
too.

(I'd also observe that it's already accepted that you parse highway values
according to the country. A UK primary road is not the same at all as a
French voie express, but both of them are tagged with highway=trunk.)

cheers
Richard
-- 
View this message in context: http://old.nabble.com/Path-vs-footway-vs-cycleway-vs...-tp26551214p26568023.html
Sent from the OpenStreetMap - General mailing list archive at Nabble.com.





More information about the talk mailing list