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

[Maarten Deen]

On 2012-03-22 09:47, Janko Mihelić wrote:
> 2012/3/21 John F. Eldredge <john at jfeldredge.com [2]>
>
>> Maarten Deen <mdeen at xs4all.nl [1]> wrote:
>> > 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.
>
> Ok, so whats the difference between a pedestrian highway and a
> footpath then?
>  It says "where wide expanses of hard surface are provided", what is
> the width that separates them?

It's difficult to make a precise definition of course. Some ideas of 
mine:
No hard surface: footpath
No houses next to it: footpath
High use: pedestrian
Urban area: pedestrian

The wide expanse is in the sense of a (town) square or a pedestrian 
area.

Maarten