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

[Martin Koppenhoefer]

2009/11/29 Roy Wallace <waldo000000 at gmail.com>

> On Sun, Nov 29, 2009 at 10:33 AM, Anthony <osm at inbox.org> wrote:
> >
> > When is there a path and when is there not a path?  I walk through an
> > area of grass every time I go to the park near my house.  Isn't that a
> > "path" which is part of "reality"?
>
> An area of grass is - to me - not a path. A path, IMHO, is something
> that exists independently of people walking or not walking on it (i.e.
> usually you can *see* that it resembles a path).
>

-1, a path is either planned and constructed (the ones you are refering to)
or it "creates itself" by frequent use (e.g. shortcuts on grass). IMHO the
latter are even more valueable to the project because they are usable but
you don't find them in other maps.

cheers,
Martin
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