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

[John F. Eldredge]

Maarten Deen <mdeen at xs4all.nl> wrote:

> On 21-3-2012 17:35, Janko Mihelić wrote:
>  > 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"
> 
>  From the map_features wiki page:
> highway=pedestrian: For roads used mainly/exclusively for 
> pedestrians/shopping areas. Also for tagging squares and plazas
> 
> So why would it be incorrect to map these as pedestrian? The fact that
> 
> motorvehicles don't use them has nothing to do with it.
> 
> Maarten
> 

Yes, the definition of "highway" used in OSM covers more than just motor-vehicle routes.

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