[mkgmap-dev] default style: highway=path means unpaved?

Tue Sep 8 11:20:50 BST 2015

Are you sure they are always paved? At least for Austria quite a lot of
them are actually gravel - on the countryside at least. In rural parts they
are mostly paved...

On 8 September 2015 at 12:12, GerdP <gpetermann_muenchen at hotmail.com> wrote:

> Hi all,
> I think I should add that in Germany we have thousands of these
> ways, and I am very sure that most of them are paved.
> The reason is that Germany is full of signs like 237 , 241, and 242
> (see http://osmtools.de/traffic_signs/)
> and that page still recommends to use the tags "highway=path" and
> "bicycle=designated" for them. In Germany a cyclist has to use these
> ways, so you can be pretty sure that they are paved.
>
> So, maybe we can add an exception for Germany?
> Gerd
>
>
> GerdP wrote
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I just noted that the default style sets the mkgmap:unpaved
> > flag for many cycleways, e.g.
> > http://www.openstreetmap.org/way/276070019
> >
> > I see intensive discussions about wrong use of
> > highway=path and/or wrong interpretation of that tag.
> >
> > The rule in lines is
> > (highway=bridleway | highway=path | highway=track | highway=unsurfaced)
> > & surface!=* & tracktype!=* & smoothness!=* & sac_scale!=*
> > { add mkgmap:unpaved=1 }
> >
> > My understanding is that highway=track is likely to be unpaved, but
> > highway=path doesn't suggest that, esp. not in combination with
> > bicycle=designated.
> >
> > Does anybody have a better solution?
> >
> > Gerd
> >
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