[OSM-talk] TAG-Suggestion: highway:trailer_shipment (Carsten Moeller)

[Carsten Möller]

Richard Bullock schrieb:
>> A highway=steps would imply you can use your car here.
> 
> ????
> http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Image:Steps.jpg
> You wouldn't *seriously* consider driving up or down a flight of 
> steps...surely??
> 
>> If I understood the intention correctly then highway is something you can 
>> drive on.
> 
> No. The highway key is a group of tags, some of which would imply you can 
> drive on, some you cannot. In England, a public highway could include a 
> narrow footpath through a field, where cars are forbidden and it could be 
> completely unsuitable for vehicles - up to an 8-lane motorway, where 
> pedestrians are forbidden.
> 
> The only ones I'd consider that a car could route over would be
> highway= motorway
>                 trunk
>                 primary
>                 secondary
>                 tertiary
>                 unclassified
>                 service
> With the possible addition of
>                 track or byway as a last resort

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