Mateusz Konieczny wrote: > bicycle=designated is widely used but it not well defined.
I didn't understand bicycle=designated until I visited Germany for the first time earlier this year. Now I realise why it's used... though I still strongly disagree with it. bicycle=designated exists so that (German) cycleways with the standard sign (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2d/Zeichen_237.svg/120px-Zeichen_237.svg.png) can be tagged: highway=path bicycle=designated This is distinct from "footpath but bikes are permitted", which is indicated in Germany by a sign like http://www.geo.sunysb.edu/bicycle-muenster/bicycle-free.gif, and which would be tagged: highway=path foot=designated bicycle=yes Of course, this is yet more nonsense that only exists because of the accursed 'highway=path' tag. The first scenario can simply be tagged 'highway=cycleway' and the second one 'highway=footway, bicycle=yes'. More concise, more clear. But that's 'highway=path' for you. The "recommended routes" stuff appears to be a recent addition and is wrong in any case. Routes that are recommended with route signs should be in route relations. Routes that are only recommended in someone else's book or map shouldn't be in OSM at all. cheers Richard -- View this message in context: http://gis.19327.n5.nabble.com/problem-with-bicycle-designated-tp5814781p5814821.html Sent from the Tagging mailing list archive at Nabble.com. _______________________________________________ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging
