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

[Martin Koppenhoefer]

2009/11/30 Richard Mann <richard.mann.westoxford at googlemail.com>

> On Mon, Nov 30, 2009 at 10:29 AM, Nick Whitelegg <
> Nick.Whitelegg at solent.ac.uk> wrote:
>
>> This would simply be highway=cycleway, I think the general assumption is
>> that pedestrians are permitted unless "foot=no" is added.
>>
>> The crux of the matter is that this is not what the wiki says, and not
> what at least some in Germany would like:
>
> The "UK" view appears to be: foot can go anywhere (except motorways) unless
> you say foot=no
> The "German" view appears to be: foot can go anywhere except motorways,
> cycleways and bridleways
>
> And we have no way of resolving this :(
>

there is some ways to resolve this:
- use a polygon (border) to determine whether the path is in Germany or in
the UK
- explicitly tag foot=yes in the UK or foot=no in Germany on those ways (or
both for best consistency).
- use path like described in the wiki and tag according to the right of ways
and tags proposed


cheers,
Martin
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