Tag:highway=path

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Description: A generic path. Google definition User discussion

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Useful combination: access=* access=designated

Implies:

Used combinations in: Europe France Germany Italy Netherlands Spain Turkey Great-Britain Switzerland

Description

A generic path. Paths for which all and any of highway=footway, highway=cycleway and highway=bridleway would be inappropriate or inadequate, yet usable for travel or navigation. Either not intended for any particular use, or intended for several different uses. Intended uses can be indicated with the access=designated keys.

Examples

A path for bicycles, horses, snowmobiles, and cross-country skiing could be tagged as:

• highway=path
• bicycle=designated
• horse=designated
• snowmobile=designated
• ski=designated

A UK bridleway could be tagged as:

• highway=path
• horse=designated
• foot=yes
• bicycle=yes

Photos of several examples can be found at Tag:highway=path/Examples

Rendering

Not yet implemented.

A highway=path with any of horse=designated, bicycle=designated, foot=designated shall be rendered equally to a bridleway, a cycleway or a footway. There is a proposal to agree on a rendering scheme for any highway=path without one of those.