Dave F. wrote: > Roy Wallace wrote: > >> If I trace (from aerial imagery) a path that I'm pretty sure would be >> great to ride on, and that appears to have been made nice and wide for >> cyclists, could/should I tag this as highway=cycleway? I know that >> pedestrians are probably welcome to walk on it as well (in Australia, >> no one is going to kick a pedestrian off a bikeway like the one I am >> referring to). >> >> Could/should I add an additional tag to clarify that I really don't >> know the legal status/designation/whatever of the path? If yes, what >> should that additional tag be? >> >> The current wiki definition of highway=cycleway is "mainly or >> exclusively for bicycles". This I cannot be sure of from the aerial >> imagery, nor can I of anything to do with the law. What to do... >> >> >> > Hi Roy > > The answer is No, don't tag it as a cycleway if you don't that it's a > cycleway. > Map what you see on the ground. If there's no sign or you don't have a > document stating it as one, don't tag it. > > Remember with the cycleway tag we're stating it's legal status as a > highway, not the suitability to use it as one (eg surface, width, > steepness etc) > > Cheers > Dave F. > > I should clarify that any document should be non copyrighted. So not OS maps in the UK, or equivalent in Oz.
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