New beta still shows highway=footway as residential not path in route planner chart.
As far as I can see path and footway are used pretty well interchangeably in UK mapping.
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I think there is general OSM trouble with proper mapping usage of
highway=footway and
highway=path.
Some regions or mappers prefer =footway over =path for narrow single track path for pedestrians, mostly out of urban areas. Or they take them like interchangeably.
OTOH, other regions a/o authors, like in Czech Republic, use mostly =path for them, using =footway rather for sidewalks and similar way in the urban area, often paved. Personally, I am not sure if I have ever encountered usage highway=footway e.g. for a hiking path in Czech countryside.
Considering the photos from the OSM Wiki....... they seem rather to support the Czech way ( what may include Menion :-) ) than the UK way.
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