On 20 April 2011 12:11, Richard Fairhurst <rich...@systemed.net> wrote:
> Peter Miller wrote: > > What tagging would you expect us to use within OSM to identify > > something as being part of this network? > > Just route=bicycle, name=National Byway should be enough IMO. I wouldn't > really call the National Byway a network - it's a circular route with the > odd spur - but I guess that's in the eye of the beholder. > I can't see any obvious instances of this tagging in the database at present. Can you give me some example ways? Regards, Peter > (Bear in mind that, though I wouldn't go so far as to call the NB > "vapourware", its ambition has thus far exceeded its reach. It's a lovely > project but I think the completion date has slipped by about 10 years so > far. It's a bit like standing at a station when the departure board always > says it'll be here 3 minutes from now... and does so for an hour. We > should be fairly careful to tag what the NB is, not what it wants to be. > Even the 'National Map' on the NB website overstates its existence: there > is no signage in Gloucestershire, and only intermittent signage in > Oxfordshire where it coincides with the NCN, even though it claims both > were completed in 2009.) > > > Fyi, I notice that highway=byway is depreciated by the wiki and that > > designation=restricted_byway is proposed in its place. There is a > > scattering of both tags in the current OSM DB, but nothing that creates > > a coherent network. I am also not convinced that either of these are > > the right tag for this purpose. > > Oh, absolutely. The National Byway is not made up of byways - in fact, > it's expressly meant to be more an "on-road" network than (say) the NCN, > which is why touring cyclists like it. > Thanks for the clarification. Regards, Peter > > cheers > Richard > > > _______________________________________________ > Talk-GB mailing list > Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb >
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