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

[M∡rtin Koppenhoefer]

2010/8/26 John F. Eldredge <john at jfeldredge.com>:
> Wouldn't that only be used on the section of the path that actually has the steps, however?


yes, of course. And dependant where (how far) you want to go, it might
also be suitable to take the path.


I am wondering how (or if) you would tag the entire path to indicate
that you can, legally, use a bicycle or motorcycle on it, but it isn't
well-suited to such use.


I don't really see the point (maybe in a printed map, but in a digital
one? You could check with your routing engine). What is "the entire
path"? Probably this is more about routes than about tagging a way
IMHO.


> Another reason that you might want to tag a path in such a manner would be if it had stepping-stones across a stream, rather than a bridge.


this should be tagged there. (don't know how. surely not as bridge. ford?)

cheers,
Martin