Proposal process/Tag:highway=footway

The tag Template:Tag is used for mapping minor pathways which are used mainly or exclusively by pedestrians.

If you are mapping footpaths in the UK (specifically England and Wales) see UK public rights of way.

• For wider pedestrianized streets, typically, lined with shops or commercial buildings use the tag Template:Tag.
• For multi-use or unspecified paths and trails used by a variety of non-motorised traffic the tag Template:Tag may be better suited.
  • These can be further classified with Template:Key, Template:Tag, Template:Key and Template:Key.
• For pathways designated for cyclists only, consider instead using the tag Template:Tag.
• Where a pathway is designated for pedestrians but is also allowed for bicycles you can use Template:Tag and Template:Tag.
• Dirt roads for mostly agricultural, forestry, etc. uses should be tagged as Template:Tag.
• For tagging Template:WikiIcon that span on one or both sides of a road. In the United Kingdom these may be known as 'pavements' or 'footways'. For the best practice there is a couple options to follow, either add the tags Template:Tag or Template:Tag on the same feature describing the road or create a new way marking the sidewalk that is running parallel to the road then describe it using Template:Tag – see below for more details.

How to map

Linear ways

To map a footway nothing else than a simple way is required. Add the Template:Tag tag to it and add a Template:Key if appropriate.

Add Template:Key restriction tags if appropriate. See default access restrictions.

If the footway is associated with a road then add a Template:Tag tag.

The way Template:Key or Template:Tag must join with another kind of way, for motivation see Beginners Guide step 5, or Editing Standards and Conventions.

Example photos	Example tracking	Referring tag	Comment
File:Footway in Stowupland - geograph.org.uk - 1044849.jpg	File:JOSM hgw barr foot cross.png	Reference S letter. +Template:Tag (defines the way). +Template:Tag (designed to footway) +Template:Key (defines paving). +Template:Key (only if present, optional). +Template:Tag (if in the presence of pavement or stretch difficult for the disabled, put "no"). +Template:Tag (in the sections of private property where the passage is permitted, recommended to check, if possible order to avoid uncomfortable litigation).	In case of footway no is along the Template:Key, but you submit into an area, for example in a park, use tag Template:Tag, which we refer for the appropriate information.
File:Fence on the sidewalk.JPG	File:JOSM hgw barr foot cross.png	Reference for the sidewalk S letter. +Template:Tag (defines the way). +Template:Tag (specific for sidewalk). +Template:Tag +Template:Key (defines paving). +Template:Key (only if present, optional). +Template:Tag (if in the presence of pavement or stretch difficult for the disabled, put "no"). +Template:Tag (in the sections of private property where the passage is permitted, recommended to check, if possible order to avoid uncomfortable litigation). +Template:Key (if there is a cycle path on the same way, see the appropriate tag in the specific).	Reference B letter If between the street and the sidewalk or pedestrian, there is the presence of barrier, this is a way in itself, defines tag Template:Key, or if the streets is the presence of a grass between the Template:Tag and the Template:Key, please refer to the tag Template:Key.
File:Ephrata - MainSt at LincolnAve.jpg	File:JOSM hgw foot cross.png	Reference for the tags, S – C – C1 – C2 letters. +Template:Tag (defines the way). +Template:Tag (specific for sidewalk). +Template:Tag +Template:Key (defines paving). +Template:Key (only if present, optional). +Template:Tag (if in the presence of pavement or stretch difficult for the disabled, put "no"). +Template:Tag (in the sections of private property where the passage is permitted, recommended to check, if possible order to avoid uncomfortable litigation). +Template:Key (if there is a cycle path on the same way, see the appropriate tag in the specific). +Template:Tag (C – crosswalk). +Template:Tag (C1 – to put on the node that intersects the street with the pedestrian crossing). +Template:Key (C2 – to put on the node start/finish crossing if there is presence of facilitation on the sidewalk, for example inclined, see the information of the tag). +Template:Key (C – defines the restrictions of the pedestrian crossing, for example, controlled by traffic lights). +Template:Key (C – defines design of crossing, for example, stripes).

Areas

There is no clear consensus on this topic - see Talk page for more information.

There are two main approaches to mapping the area of a Template:Tag and which to use is dependent upon the context of the area you're mapping. If you are mapping the area of a footway simply to describe the area it covers (e.g., rather than using Template:Key perhaps because the width is variable) then it is recommended to use the Template:Tag tag.

If, however, you are mapping the area of a footway because this provides non-linear routing, for example large sidewalk areas, then you can map the area as Template:Tag and Template:Tag. This tagging scheme is similar to the well-established Template:Tag, Template:Tag tagging scheme used when mapping pedestrian areas such as plazas and squares. However, there is a clear distinction between Template:Tag and Template:Tag and so we should not conflate these two highways.

When mapping a highway area, the area should be connected via node to at least one way. Some mappers chose to continue the way through the area, to enable routers to pick the most straightforward route through the area, but this way should still be connect to the area (e.g., as it enters and exists the area).

See also

• Template:Tag - A generic or multi-use path open to non-motorized traffic
• Template:Tag - Road or area mainly or exclusively for pedestrians
• Template:Tag - An area representation of linear footways
• Template:Key - Indicates the presence or absence of a sidewalk (pavement/footway)
• Template:Tag - Sidewalks as separate ways
• Template:Tag - Crossings as separate ways
• Template:Tag - Additive tag to indicate a informal/unofficial footway
• Path controversy gives explanation how this is different from / similar to Template:Tag
• UK public rights of way