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

[Maarten Deen]

On 2012-03-22 10:11, Janko Mihelić wrote:
> 2012/3/22 Maarten Deen <mdeen at xs4all.nl [1]>
>
>> 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
>
> Then we should delete the next line from the wiki:
>
>  "For small paths which are too small for cars to pass (no real
> streets) use highway [2]=footway [3] instead. "

I agree. I would not use that as as single guideline to use 
highway=footway.

In Barcelona I encountered this street:
<http://maps.google.nl/maps?ll=41.380584,2.181439&spn=0.000779,0.001894&t=m&z=19&layer=c&cbll=41.380584,2.181439&panoid=Z5Al9C_PiNq_MeNrDM36dw&cbp=12,300.97,,0,-0.64>

In OSM it is a highway=pedestrian: 
<http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=41.380561&lon=2.181011&zoom=18&layers=M>
I would not map this as a footway.

Regards,
Maarten