[OSM-talk] Amenity key

Alex Mauer hawke at hawkesnest.net
Fri Oct 22 21:46:48 BST 2010


On 10/22/2010 03:16 PM, David Murn wrote:
> On Fri, 2010-10-22 at 19:06 +0200, Claudius wrote:
> You could propose
> that footpaths should no longer use the highway= tag, as they’re not
> highways, using a similar argument.

Sure they are.

 From Wikipedia:
A highway is a public road, especially a major road connecting two or 
more destinations.

Traditionally highways were used by people on foot or on horses.

In English law, […] the term is used to denote any public road used 
which include streets, lanes as well as main road, trunk roads and motorways

In American law, the word "highway" is sometimes used to denote any 
public way used for travel, whether major highway, freeway, turnpike, 
street, lane, alley, pathway, dirt track, footpaths, and trails, and 
navigable waterways.

—Alex Mauer “hawke”




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