highway=path only for pedestrians?
Hi all, for a way that has only the tag highway=path the default style (lines) rule highway=path {set highway=footway} fires. I think that's wrong, the wiki says "A route open to the public which is not intended for motor vehicles, unless so tagged separately." so we should also allow bikes. The confusing thing is that the access include has this line: highway=path { add foot=yes; add bicycle=yes; add access=no } but because the other rule fires first, this is ignored and highway=footway { add foot=yes; add access=no } is used. AFAIU the rule highway=path {set highway=footway} should be removed. Gerd
Hi Gerd,
AFAIU the rule highway=path {set highway=footway} should be removed.
Yes, that sounds correct. One reason for the current situation could be that you might not want to route bicycles to a narrow forest path, especially in the autumn when it is muddy, or in the winter when there is lots of snow. It really depends on the type of the bicycle and on the weather and road conditions. Anyway, I guess that mkgmap should not try to be too clever about what is reasonable. It should only care what is allowed. It is up to the user to decide whether to follow a routing advice. Marko
Hi all, I heard no other comments, so I will change the default style as described below tomorrow. Gerd
Date: Fri, 21 Mar 2014 18:34:27 +0200 From: marko.makela@iki.fi To: mkgmap-dev@lists.mkgmap.org.uk Subject: Re: [mkgmap-dev] highway=path only for pedestrians?
Hi Gerd,
AFAIU the rule highway=path {set highway=footway} should be removed.
Yes, that sounds correct.
One reason for the current situation could be that you might not want to route bicycles to a narrow forest path, especially in the autumn when it is muddy, or in the winter when there is lots of snow. It really depends on the type of the bicycle and on the weather and road conditions.
Anyway, I guess that mkgmap should not try to be too clever about what is reasonable. It should only care what is allowed. It is up to the user to decide whether to follow a routing advice.
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