[OSM-talk] Ways in old mediterranean and similar towns.

Janko Mihelić janjko at gmail.com
Wed Mar 21 16:35:28 GMT 2012


Mappers in these towns treat ways in old parts of their town as something
that can't be a footpath. For some reason it insults their vision of those
ways. That's why they tag them as pedestrian highways although no cars ever
went through them (well, maybe some small delivery vehicles). Another
reason is that the names of those ways have "street" in their name, and so
a mapper thinks a footpath cannot be a street. Some examples of towns and
photos of ways that are tagged as pedestrian highways:

Venice: map <http://osm.org/go/0IDhdnwp> -
photo<http://mw2.google.com/mw-panoramio/photos/medium/28533234.jpg>
San Giminagno: map <http://osm.org/go/xXvzjCybS->-
photo<http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4090/4995821062_6b0204a1fe.jpg>
Split: map <http://osm.org/go/xdveAYOup--> -
photo<http://www.njuskalo.hr/image-w450/nekretnine/poslovni-prostor-split-centar-dioklecijanova-palaca-slika-1030138.jpg>
Budva: map <http://osm.org/go/xfIsIyMSI--> -
photo<http://shrani.si/f/3d/fD/38wbAo6l/budva-ulice.jpg>
Dubrovnik: map <http://osm.org/go/xfDsEN8zg--> -
photo<http://www.hrvatskainfo.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/dubrovnik_ulica.jpg>
Valencia: map <http://osm.org/go/b_qOmjQ5--> -
photo<http://static.panoramio.com/photos/original/56711091.jpg>

First question is, do you agree that these streets are footpaths, or only
some, or do they really fit the definition of a pedestrian highway? Maybe
we should invent a new tag?

If you think those are footpaths, should we forcefully change them or is
there a better tactic?

Have you had discussions about this topic, what was the conclusion?

Thanks,

Janko Mihelić
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