I think that the term "shared lane marking" is much more understandable than "sharrow".
-------Original Email------- Subject :Re: [Tagging] Tagging for streets with sharrows? >From :mailto:simonbi...@yahoo.com.au Date :Wed Aug 18 00:22:59 America/Chicago 2010 In established practise, cycleway=lane means "this way is a road which has a bicycle lane" not "this way is mainly for bicycles". However I see the point that the lane _itself_ is generally mainly for bicycles. We don't have the chevron arrows in Australia but we do have bicycle symbols painted on some streets. This has been used in some areas to indicate a local bike network, for example, the Ashfield Council's Local Street Bike Route Network. http://www.ashfield.nsw.gov.au/page/cycling.html In other areas it has been used to indicate to bicyclists the safest position to ride (avoiding dangers such as parked car doors opening, or cars overtaking without leaving enough space). http://www.yeatesit.biz/transfiles/BrisbaneAndYellowBikesGuide.pdf In light of this, I don't think the "arrow" part is applicable world-wide. I suggest going with the name used for the Wikipedia article, Shared lane marking. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shared_lane_marking Therefore the tagging could be cycleway=shared_lane _______________________________________________ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging -- John F. Eldredge -- j...@jfeldredge.com "Reserve your right to think, for even to think wrongly is better than not to think at all." -- Hypatia of Alexandria _______________________________________________ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging
