Could the "designation=" key help here? Physical OK, legally designated: bicycle=yes; designation=(bridleway/cycleway/byway/... according to local jurisdiction - but anyway something to indicate higher rights than just on foot) Physical OK, not legally designated or forbidden: bicycle=yes. Physical OK, legally banned: bicycle=no; designation=footpath (for example in England this means no bicycles unless specifically permitted by exception). Physical problem, not legally designated or forbidden: bicycle=no. Physical problem, legally banned: bicycle=no; designation=footpath, etc.
Just a thought ... I find the designation= key extremely useful to add information regarding legal rights as opposed to information regarding physical state. Mike Harris > -----Original Message----- > From: Isaac Wingfield [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: 04 November 2009 04:00 > To: [email protected] > Subject: [OSM-newbies] Proper use of "bicycle = no" tag > > I came across a place today where there was effectively a > "sidewalk" (paved, smooth, wide enough for two-way traffic) > about a hundred feet long, connecting two dead-end streets. > There was a sign at the end saying "NO Bicycles. NO > Skateboards, ..." basically forbidding everything that has wheels. > > It occurred to me that there could be two entirely different > reasons for using the tag "Bicycle = no"; first, because of > the condition of the surface, or its slope, or something else > physical, that would just make it impossible to ride a bike > on it, or second, that although the surface would be fine for > bike riding, it is forbidden by a sign. > > So the question is, does that one tag "bicycle = no" apply to > both of those cases, or is there a proper tag for the way > that would make the difference clear? > > Isaac > > > _______________________________________________ newbies mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/newbies
