[OSM-talk] highway=byway

[André Riedel]

But we should mark it as deprecated and delete it from the highway table.

http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Template:Map_Features:highway

Ciao André

(second attempt ;o) )

2010/4/22 Mike Harris <mikh43 at googlemail.com>:
> Pieren may be missing the point that Richard is making - and I think Richard
> makes quite an important point (at least for England and Wales).
>
> highway=track describes what is seen on the ground (and can usefully be
> refined with tracktype=* as per the wiki definitions).
>
> designation=* makes a statement about legal status - which may or may not be
> capable of determination in the field (but there are other open sources for
> this information).
>
> As a minor difference from Richard's designation=byway tagging I would
> prefer to see (again this is England and Wales specific) the use of either:
>
> designation=BOAT - for "byway open to all traffic" (this is a legal term and
> does not necessarily mean what it appears to say as there are often
> restrictions on vehicular traffic specific to a  particular 'BOAT')
>
> or
>
> designation=restricted_byway for "restricted byways" (again this is a legal
> term)
>
> the wiki does make this distinction but tends to use the term "byway" when
> it means "BOAT".
>
> If we are to continue this thread it should probably be in talk-GB as it is
> probably not of relevance elsewhere - although of considerable importance to
> walkers and other off-road users in England and Wales.
>
> Mike (mikh43)
>
> On 19:59, Pieren wrote:
>
> On Thu, Apr 22, 2010 at 12:15 PM, Richard Mann
> <richard.mann.westoxford at googlemail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Yes its a relic. Use highway=track+designation=byway instead
>>
>> Richard
>>
>>
>
> I'm not sure it's a relic but it's a UK specific tag. I asked the question
> some time ago:
> http://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/talk/2008-July/028091.html
> or here:
> http://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/talk/2008-July/028052.html
>
> Saying "use highway=track+designation=byway instead of highway=byway"
> sounds like the endless discussion about "highway=path+designation=*" vs
> "highway=footway/cycleway/bridleway".
>
> Pieren
>
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> Mike Harris
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