On Sat, Jan 1, 2011 at 9:27 AM, Anthony <o...@inbox.org> wrote: > Any suggestions how to tag this? > http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/File:IMG_7491.JPG
This raises an interesting philosophical question: Does OSM map what *we* consider to be a bike lane (or a park, or a service road, or a tertiary highway...) or what *someone else* says it is? The latter path is sometimes simpler and gives more consistent, objective results: the bike lane here is clearly signed, and can simply be marked bicycle=lane. If we take the former option, then we get enormous amounts of debate about how to tag even a single entity, as seen in this thread: "well, if it were more than 4 feet wide, I'd consider it a bike path, otherwise not..." Me, I lean towards the "someone else" for some things like bike lanes, and the "we decide" path when there is no useful authority. It would good to have some policy on this. Steve _______________________________________________ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging
