[OSM-talk] Tagging Scheme Recommendations: highway=path, footway, trail?

Maarten Deen mdeen at xs4all.nl
Thu Aug 26 11:34:26 BST 2010


On Thu, 26 Aug 2010 12:28:53 +0200, Ben Laenen <benlaenen at gmail.com>
wrote:
> Maarten Deen wrote:
>> As highway=path means no motorized traffic, it might be a footpath or
>> cyclepath or bridleway (or others). That's the "more specific" part.
> 
> highway=path doesn't mean no motorized traffic, if means no "wide" vehicles. 
> So no cars, but mopeds are still allowed.

That is not how it is described in the wiki:

> The default access restriction of highway=path is "open to all
> non-motorized vehicles, but emergency vehicles are allowed".
> (Although it depends on each country what vehicles are allowed by default).

Regards,
Maarten



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