Re: [Tagging] Proposed definition for cycleways

2010-01-07 Thread Liz
On Thu, 7 Jan 2010, Steve Bennett wrote: > 4) (Rarely) Designated for cyclists exclusively, usually with a pedestrian > path nearby. > eg On the Coathanger, the western way is for bicycles and the eastern way is for pedestrians. As I recall that is absolute and no pedestrians may use the western

Re: [Tagging] Proposed definition for cycleways

2010-01-07 Thread Jukka Rahkonen
Hi, I would be happy it I could get an instant yes or no answer to two questions: Can I walk along this thing? Can I cycle along this thing? I would love to see just yes or no alternatives, not anything like yes/no/designated/official. I know there may be a need to have a few hundred additional t

Re: [Tagging] Proposed definition for cycleways (was Re: bicycle=no)

2010-01-07 Thread Peteris Krisjanis
2010/1/7 Steve Bennett : > On Wed, Jan 6, 2010 at 11:43 PM, Peteris Krisjanis wrote: >> >> Tag highway = cycleway for official cycleways and bicycle=yes if it's >> allowed to have bicycles on footpaths somewhere. End of story. Yes, in > Heh, that makes about three people with very simple "takes"

Re: [Tagging] Proposed definition for cycleways

2010-01-07 Thread Peteris Krisjanis
Just a side note, I think different rules for each country for footways can't be mapped exactly (some countries allow bikes on footways by default, some don't. What happens when country rules changes?). I personally would leave it to parsers/routers. Yes, maybe it's moves OSM just a little bit away

Re: [Tagging] Using relations to group highways

2010-01-07 Thread Matthias Julius
John Smith writes: > 2010/1/7 Matthias Julius : >> John Smith writes: >> >>> Well relations aren't ways, the ways go through/under/ buildings. >> >> Do they?  Did I miss something?  Last I know is that they are rendered >> on top of buildings even if they are on a lower layer. > > How is that re

Re: [Tagging] Using relations to group highways

2010-01-07 Thread John Smith
2010/1/8 Matthias Julius : > John Smith writes: > >> 2010/1/7 Matthias Julius : >>> John Smith writes: >>> Well relations aren't ways, the ways go through/under/ buildings. >>> >>> Do they?  Did I miss something?  Last I know is that they are rendered >>> on top of buildings even if they are

Re: [Tagging] Proposed definition for cycleways

2010-01-07 Thread Roy Wallace
On Thu, Jan 7, 2010 at 8:39 PM, Jukka Rahkonen wrote: > > I tried once to make an universal query for finding cycleable ways/paths but > concluded that it is impossible. I managed to get this far: > > http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Talk:Consolidation_footway_cycleway_path#selecting_all_cyclewa

Re: [Tagging] Proposed definition for cycleways (was Re: bicycle=no)

2010-01-07 Thread Steve Bennett
On Thu, Jan 7, 2010 at 10:02 PM, Peteris Krisjanis wrote: > In bare bones basic, Steve, are you for or against using "highway = > cycleway" for officially marked cycleways only? That's what I would > like to understand :) > > I'm "for" two things: 1) Offially marked cycleways being marked with hi

Re: [Tagging] Love Hotel

2010-01-07 Thread Paul Johnson
Arlindo Pereira wrote: > Hi there, > > 5 months ago I started scratching a new tag amenity=love_hotel [1]. > Since there was no recent activity, I think it's time to call your > attention one more time to it and start voting. What do you think of > it? The page explains itself (I think), but a lov

Re: [Tagging] Love Hotel

2010-01-07 Thread Richard Welty
On 1/7/10 7:10 PM, Paul Johnson wrote: > Arlindo Pereira wrote: > > >> Hi there, >> >> 5 months ago I started scratching a new tag amenity=love_hotel [1]. >> Since there was no recent activity, I think it's time to call your >> attention one more time to it and start voting. What do you think o

[Tagging] Easy question: _link tags for U turn/cut throughs?

2010-01-07 Thread Steve Bennett
When a divided motorway/trunk/primary/... has a spot for turning or u-turning, should that be marked as primary or primary_link? The wiki isn't clear. Thanks, Steve ___ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinf

Re: [Tagging] Easy question: _link tags for U turn/cut throughs?

2010-01-07 Thread Randy
Steve Bennett wrote: >Thanks, >Steve Personally, if there is a connecting/crossing way, I tag it with the same tag as the connecting way. If it is just a turnaround, I tag it as highway=service. -- Randy ___ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreet

Re: [Tagging] Easy question: _link tags for U turn/cut throughs?

2010-01-07 Thread Roy Wallace
On Fri, Jan 8, 2010 at 1:59 PM, Steve Bennett wrote: > When a divided motorway/trunk/primary/... has a spot for turning or > u-turning, should that be marked as primary or primary_link? The wiki isn't > clear. Well, what is it better described by: 1) "link roads (sliproads / ramps)" --> primary_

Re: [Tagging] Easy question: _link tags for U turn/cut throughs?

2010-01-07 Thread Alan Mintz
At 2010-01-07 19:59, Steve Bennett wrote: >When a divided motorway/trunk/primary/... has a spot for turning or >u-turning, should that be marked as primary or primary_link? The wiki >isn't clear. I tag them as highway=x_link where the roads being linked are tagged highway=x (e.g. highway=motorw