Mike Harris
> -----Original Message----- > From: tagging-boun...@openstreetmap.org > [mailto:tagging-boun...@openstreetmap.org] On Behalf Of Liz > Sent: 14 December 2009 10:52 > To: Tag discussion, strategy and related tools > Subject: Re: [Tagging] Tagging highway=cycleway without > explicit knowledgeofthe law? > > On Mon, 14 Dec 2009, Richard Mann wrote: > > highway=cycleway only used for well-engineered & public/permanant > > cycle tracks (ie could you safely do 20kph on it) > I'm hoping to find some better engineering definitions for > this, but this is my preferred general concept for 'cycleway' > > Yup - that's about where I am too - and always remembering to add foot=yes (unless pedestrians explicitly excluded e.g. on a signed and/or segregated way - usually beside a vehicular highway where there is also a separate pedestrian footway or in urban areas where the way is segregated either by a real divider or by a painted line). And recognising that while many of these 'engineereed' tracks are paved, others have a firm compacted gravel surface or similar (as on a number of converted disused railway tracks that have been made into multiuser off-road paths that are, nevertheless, technically not 'public rights of way'). However, in many of the latter cases the local authority / tourist board promotes the route (often named) for pedestrian, bicycle and equestrian use - all on a permissive basis as they are not public rights of way. In these cases I am reluctant to use highway=cycleway or highway=footway (even with foot=yes or bicycle=yes to allow for the other type of user) as I would not want to imply any priority. So I tend to fall back on highway=track (plus tracktype= ) - avoiding highway=path because of its widespread use for an informal hiking route of undefined status and unsuitable for (most!) cyclists. > _______________________________________________ > Tagging mailing list > Tagging@openstreetmap.org > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging _______________________________________________ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging
