Re: [Tagging] Shoulder and traffic indicator tags

2010-08-20 Thread Nathan Edgars II
On Fri, Aug 20, 2010 at 12:40 AM, Paul Johnson ba...@ursamundi.org wrote: On Thu, 19 Aug 2010 20:30:36 -0400, Nathan Edgars II wrote: Burnside Street: http://www.openstreetmap.org/browse/way/44706996 (including adjacent ways extending from 2nd Avenue on the east to 24th Place on the west)

Re: [Tagging] Shoulder and traffic indicator tags

2010-08-19 Thread Anthony
On Wed, Aug 18, 2010 at 6:39 PM, Paul Johnson ba...@ursamundi.org wrote: On Mon, 09 Aug 2010 08:40:13 -0400, Nathan Edgars II wrote: On Mon, Aug 9, 2010 at 8:29 AM, Anthony o...@inbox.org wrote: On Sun, Aug 8, 2010 at 3:40 PM, Paul Johnson ba...@ursamundi.org wrote: The way I've been

Re: [Tagging] Shoulder and traffic indicator tags

2010-08-19 Thread Paul Johnson
On Thu, 19 Aug 2010 08:51:49 -0400, Anthony wrote: I apologize for not being more clear. By please don't do that I do not mean to revert all instances of Paul using bicycle=destination. I hope you will take a look at your uses of bicycle=destination yourself, and self-revert any places where

Re: [Tagging] Shoulder and traffic indicator tags

2010-08-19 Thread Nathan Edgars II
On Thu, Aug 19, 2010 at 4:59 PM, Paul Johnson ba...@ursamundi.org wrote: On Thu, 19 Aug 2010 08:51:49 -0400, Anthony wrote: I apologize for not being more clear. By please don't do that I do not mean to revert all instances of Paul using bicycle=destination. I hope you will take a look at

Re: [Tagging] Shoulder and traffic indicator tags

2010-08-19 Thread Nathan Edgars II
On Thu, Aug 19, 2010 at 6:50 PM, Dave F. dave...@madasafish.com wrote: I'm fully entitled to disagree with you, especially when I've given clear reasons for doing so. I've been polite to you in all communications. It is you that has solely been abusive. Not only to me, including private

Re: [Tagging] Shoulder and traffic indicator tags

2010-08-19 Thread Paul Johnson
On Thu, 19 Aug 2010 18:26:41 -0400, Nathan Edgars II wrote: You need to understand that your interpretation of the law is probably wrong, and listen to sources such as the Bicycle Transportation Alliance, whose email I copied to this list. Rather than trusting a bunch of non-lawyers over at

Re: [Tagging] Shoulder and traffic indicator tags

2010-08-19 Thread Nathan Edgars II
On Thu, Aug 19, 2010 at 7:51 PM, Paul Johnson ba...@ursamundi.org wrote: On Thu, 19 Aug 2010 18:26:41 -0400, Nathan Edgars II wrote: You need to understand that your interpretation of the law is probably wrong, and listen to sources such as the Bicycle Transportation Alliance, whose email I

Re: [Tagging] Shoulder and traffic indicator tags

2010-08-19 Thread Anthony
On Thu, Aug 19, 2010 at 7:51 PM, Paul Johnson ba...@ursamundi.org wrote: On Thu, 19 Aug 2010 18:26:41 -0400, Nathan Edgars II wrote: You need to understand that your interpretation of the law is probably wrong, and listen to sources such as the Bicycle Transportation Alliance, whose email I

Re: [Tagging] Shoulder and traffic indicator tags

2010-08-19 Thread Nathan Edgars II
On Thu, Aug 19, 2010 at 8:20 PM, Anthony o...@inbox.org wrote: And/Or maybe Nathan can give a few examples of ways which he feels you have tagged incorrectly? Burnside Street: http://www.openstreetmap.org/browse/way/44706996 (including adjacent ways extending from 2nd Avenue on the east to 24th

Re: [Tagging] Shoulder and traffic indicator tags

2010-08-19 Thread Simon Biber
On Fri, 20 August, 2010 10:00:36 AM, Nathan Edgars II nerou...@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, Aug 19, 2010 at 8:20 PM, Anthony o...@inbox.org wrote: And/Or maybe Nathan can give a few examples of ways which he feels you have tagged incorrectly? Burnside Street:

Re: [Tagging] Shoulder and traffic indicator tags

2010-08-11 Thread Dave F.
On 10/08/2010 20:31, Paul Johnson wrote: Having never been exposed to any information to the contrary about Nathan or California (even after having lived there), I have no reason to believe it's not fact. You're welcome to provide evidence to the contrary, but I seriously doubt such exists.

Re: [Tagging] Shoulder and traffic indicator tags

2010-08-11 Thread Nathan Edgars II
On Wed, Aug 11, 2010 at 3:05 PM, Paul Johnson ba...@ursamundi.org wrote: On Tue, 10 Aug 2010 10:27:34 -0400, Anthony wrote: access=destination means you can get a traffic ticket for disobedience (or whatever the equivalent is in your jurisdiction). Which you can in the areas in question.

Re: [Tagging] Shoulder and traffic indicator tags

2010-08-10 Thread Paul Johnson
On Mon, 09 Aug 2010 06:41:21 -0400, Nathan Edgars II wrote: On Sun, Aug 8, 2010 at 3:47 PM, Paul Johnson ba...@ursamundi.org wrote: On Tue, 03 Aug 2010 04:26:42 -0400, Nathan Edgars II wrote: Bike lanes aren't exclusive either - cars move into them to turn right (in right-hand-drive

Re: [Tagging] Shoulder and traffic indicator tags

2010-08-10 Thread Paul Johnson
On Mon, 09 Aug 2010 09:08:20 -0400, Nathan Edgars II wrote: On Mon, Aug 9, 2010 at 8:58 AM, Dave F. dave...@madasafish.com wrote: On 08/08/2010 20:40, Paul Johnson wrote: The way I've been handling this is to stretch the limits of the bicycle=destination tag; if it's more major than

Re: [Tagging] Shoulder and traffic indicator tags

2010-08-10 Thread Simon Biber
On Tue, 10 August, 2010 4:35:27 AM, Paul Johnson wrote: On Sun, 08 Aug 2010 23:12:05 -0700, Simon Biber wrote: I would use bicycle=destination only if bicycles were officially discouraged from using the road as a thoroughfare. Thanks for stating the obvious. Given that in Multnomah and

Re: [Tagging] Shoulder and traffic indicator tags

2010-08-10 Thread Dave F.
On 09/08/2010 20:07, Paul Johnson wrote: On Mon, 09 Aug 2010 09:08:20 -0400, Nathan Edgars II wrote: On Mon, Aug 9, 2010 at 8:58 AM, Dave F. dave...@madasafish.com wrote: On 08/08/2010 20:40, Paul Johnson wrote: The way I've been handling this is to stretch the limits of the

Re: [Tagging] Shoulder and traffic indicator tags

2010-08-09 Thread Simon Biber
Paul Johnson ba...@ursamundi.org wrote: The way I've been handling this is to stretch the limits of the bicycle=destination tag; if it's more major than residential, open to bicycles, but lacks shoulders and has narrow lanes or on-street parking, then I tag it bicycle=destination (unless

Re: [Tagging] Shoulder and traffic indicator tags

2010-08-09 Thread Paul Johnson
On Wed, 04 Aug 2010 21:29:59 +0100, Richard Mann wrote: You can drive on some cycle lanes [citation needed] ___ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging

Re: [Tagging] Shoulder and traffic indicator tags

2010-08-09 Thread Paul Johnson
On Thu, 29 Jul 2010 14:56:53 +0200, fly wrote: Am 29.07.2010 14:38, schrieb Daniel Tremblay: My need is to give cyclists more info when preparing their rides on road that are not cycleway (nor NCN, RCN, LCN). I saw the tag rtc_rate but not find it very intuitive. We need this kind of tags

Re: [Tagging] Shoulder and traffic indicator tags

2010-08-09 Thread Paul Johnson
On Tue, 03 Aug 2010 09:50:02 -0400, Nathan Edgars II wrote: On Tue, Aug 3, 2010 at 9:46 AM, Anthony o...@inbox.org wrote: On Tue, Aug 3, 2010 at 4:13 AM, Nathan Edgars II nerou...@gmail.com wrote: Shoulders are actually more important to pedestrians than cyclists. A good cyclist won't care

Re: [Tagging] Shoulder and traffic indicator tags

2010-08-09 Thread Nathan Edgars II
On Sun, Aug 8, 2010 at 3:47 PM, Paul Johnson ba...@ursamundi.org wrote: On Tue, 03 Aug 2010 04:26:42 -0400, Nathan Edgars II wrote: Bike lanes aren't exclusive either - cars move into them to turn right (in right-hand-drive countries) and cross them at intersections or to reach parallel

Re: [Tagging] Shoulder and traffic indicator tags

2010-08-09 Thread Liz
On Mon, 9 Aug 2010, Paul Johnson wrote: Why would this matter? I don't know Are there actually places where it's legal to operate off the hard surface when the road is paved? Yes 25 years ago in outback Queensland the tightfisted government of the gerrymander king, Joh Bjelke-Peteresen,

Re: [Tagging] Shoulder and traffic indicator tags

2010-08-09 Thread Anthony
On Sun, Aug 8, 2010 at 3:40 PM, Paul Johnson ba...@ursamundi.org wrote: The way I've been handling this is to stretch the limits of the bicycle=destination tag; if it's more major than residential, open to bicycles, but lacks shoulders and has narrow lanes or on-street parking, then I tag it

Re: [Tagging] Shoulder and traffic indicator tags

2010-08-09 Thread Nathan Edgars II
On Mon, Aug 9, 2010 at 8:29 AM, Anthony o...@inbox.org wrote: On Sun, Aug 8, 2010 at 3:40 PM, Paul Johnson ba...@ursamundi.org wrote: The way I've been handling this is to stretch the limits of the bicycle=destination tag; if it's more major than residential, open to bicycles, but lacks

Re: [Tagging] Shoulder and traffic indicator tags

2010-08-09 Thread Dave F.
On 08/08/2010 20:40, Paul Johnson wrote: On Thu, 29 Jul 2010 08:38:10 -0400, Daniel Tremblay wrote: My need is to give cyclists more info when preparing their rides on road that are not cycleway (nor NCN, RCN, LCN). I saw the tag rtc_rate but not find it very intuitive. The way I've been

Re: [Tagging] Shoulder and traffic indicator tags

2010-08-08 Thread Paul Johnson
On Tue, 03 Aug 2010 09:33:41 -0400, Anthony wrote: On Tue, Aug 3, 2010 at 9:18 AM, Daniel Tremblay tremb...@gmail.com wrote: Is a 90km/h primary road safe bikeable? I know people who would be willing to ride a bicycle on a 55 mph primary road with no shoulder and one lane in each direction

Re: [Tagging] Shoulder and traffic indicator tags

2010-08-08 Thread Paul Johnson
On Thu, 29 Jul 2010 14:56:20 +0100, Richard Mann wrote: cycleway=shoulder looks like a good idea for those countries that routinely have a wide shoulder on country roads (I've seen them in Ireland; they aren't common in the UK) Is it really a cycleway, though? If not, it doesn't deserve the

Re: [Tagging] Shoulder and traffic indicator tags

2010-08-08 Thread Paul Johnson
On Thu, 29 Jul 2010 08:38:10 -0400, Daniel Tremblay wrote: My need is to give cyclists more info when preparing their rides on road that are not cycleway (nor NCN, RCN, LCN). I saw the tag rtc_rate but not find it very intuitive. The way I've been handling this is to stretch the limits of

Re: [Tagging] Shoulder and traffic indicator tags

2010-08-04 Thread Dave F.
On 03/08/2010 14:18, Daniel Tremblay wrote: Yes, I can bike on normal lane and I do it. I don't like however to find myself on a 90km/h road with no shoulders. This is the kind of situation I would like to avoid when preparing my trip. This is why the shoulder indicator would be usefull

Re: [Tagging] Shoulder and traffic indicator tags

2010-08-04 Thread Daniel Tremblay
I buy Dave's comment (see below). Forget about the cycleway and bicycle tags and lets develop a shoulder set of tag then (which was, in the first place, the subject of this discussion). Mostly informative and not taken into consideration within the opencyclemap project. You know, after a third

Re: [Tagging] Shoulder and traffic indicator tags

2010-08-03 Thread Steve Bennett
Hi all, Did this discussion die out? The following two suggestions seem pretty sensible: cycleway=shoulder (There is no bike lane, but a rideable shoulder). cycleway=sharrow (There are marking on the road for bikes, but not an exclusive bike lane). The term sharrow was unfamiliar to me,

Re: [Tagging] Shoulder and traffic indicator tags

2010-08-03 Thread Nathan Edgars II
On Tue, Aug 3, 2010 at 3:30 AM, Steve Bennett stevag...@gmail.com wrote: cycleway=shoulder (There is no bike lane, but a rideable shoulder). Sure, we could debate the shoulder thing forever, but cycleway=shoulder is easy, and covers 90% of the reasons for mapping it: so cyclists can

Re: [Tagging] Shoulder and traffic indicator tags

2010-08-03 Thread Pieren
On Tue, Aug 3, 2010 at 9:30 AM, Steve Bennett stevag...@gmail.com wrote: cycleway=shoulder (There is no bike lane, but a rideable shoulder). cycleway=sharrow (There are marking on the road for bikes, but not an exclusive bike lane). Until now, we had a pretty clear definition of

Re: [Tagging] Shoulder and traffic indicator tags

2010-08-03 Thread Nathan Edgars II
On Tue, Aug 3, 2010 at 4:19 AM, Pieren pier...@gmail.com wrote: Until now, we had a pretty clear definition of cycleway=lane (sharing the main roads infrastructure) and cycleway=track (along the road but separated). If you introduce more values, you should clearly explain on the wiki what is

Re: [Tagging] Shoulder and traffic indicator tags

2010-08-03 Thread Daniel Tremblay
I give up. Looks like openstreetmap will not be helpful for me. I will continue to document cycleways=lane, cycleways=track, *cn_ref as I see them in my neibourghood but will not try to go further than this. Back to the primary objective of my suggestion: when I am preparing a cycling ride on

Re: [Tagging] Shoulder and traffic indicator tags

2010-08-03 Thread Nathan Edgars II
On Tue, Aug 3, 2010 at 9:18 AM, Daniel Tremblay tremb...@gmail.com wrote: For me, bicycle=yes means that it is safe for bicycle or that bicycle is officialy allowed on that road. Maybe I could apply the tag for the sharrow definition given in the discussion. Maybe it is the best way to do it

Re: [Tagging] Shoulder and traffic indicator tags

2010-08-03 Thread fly
Nathan Edgars II schrieb: maxspeed (already there), Unless it's lower than normal cycling speed this has nothing to do with cycling. There is quite a difference between a road with maxspeed=30 or 100 km/h for a cyclist. colliar ___ Tagging

Re: [Tagging] Shoulder and traffic indicator tags

2010-08-03 Thread Anthony
On Tue, Aug 3, 2010 at 4:13 AM, Nathan Edgars II nerou...@gmail.com wrote: Shoulders are actually more important to pedestrians than cyclists. A good cyclist won't care if there's a shoulder, but a good pedestrian must walk against traffic and be prepared to get out of the way if walking in

Re: [Tagging] Shoulder and traffic indicator tags

2010-08-03 Thread Dave F.
On 03/08/2010 14:18, Daniel Tremblay wrote: For me, bicycle=yes means that it is safe for bicycle That is incorrect. Safety is subjective... or that bicycle is officialy allowed on that road. This is the correct usage for bicycle=yes Cheers Dave F.

Re: [Tagging] Shoulder and traffic indicator tags

2010-08-03 Thread Dave F.
On 03/08/2010 09:13, Nathan Edgars II wrote: I'm not sure this is a good idea. cycleway=* should be for something designated for cyclists. I agree. But cyclists aren't required to use the shoulder (except on some freeways), so cycleway=shoulder is misleading. (They also aren't required

Re: [Tagging] Shoulder and traffic indicator tags

2010-08-03 Thread Nathan Edgars II
On Tue, Aug 3, 2010 at 11:46 AM, Dave F. dave...@madasafish.com wrote: On 03/08/2010 09:13, Nathan Edgars II wrote: Shoulders are actually more important to pedestrians than cyclists. A good cyclist won't care if there's a shoulder, but a good pedestrian must walk against traffic and be

Re: [Tagging] Shoulder and traffic indicator tags

2010-08-03 Thread Liz
On Tue, 3 Aug 2010, Anthony wrote: Is a 90km/h primary road safe bikeable? I know people who would be willing to ride a bicycle on a 55 mph primary road with no shoulder and one lane in each direction (not that I can think of such a road, other than maybe a few short bridges). Add in a

Re: [Tagging] Shoulder and traffic indicator tags

2010-08-03 Thread Liz
On Wed, 4 Aug 2010, Liz wrote: I can think of plenty and they are bicycle safe - even on the trunk road with a limit of 110kmh but they are not high traffic roads, crossing roads are few http://billiau.net/zoph/photo.php?photo_id=3182 That's on the Cobb Highway. Shoulder is not rideable

Re: [Tagging] Shoulder and traffic indicator tags

2010-07-30 Thread Nathan Edgars II
On Fri, Jul 30, 2010 at 6:39 AM, Daniel Tremblay tremb...@gmail.com wrote: Regarding my cycleway=no_shoulder suggestion, here are a couple of example we see often in Quebec, where car and bicycle share the road without shoulders :

[Tagging] Shoulder and traffic indicator tags

2010-07-29 Thread Daniel Tremblay
I've posted a message in the newbies forum regarding my need. Those who responded suggested me to send the discussion to the tagging group. So, here I am. My need is to give cyclists more info when preparing their rides on road that are not cycleway (nor NCN, RCN, LCN). I saw the tag rtc_rate

Re: [Tagging] Shoulder and traffic indicator tags

2010-07-29 Thread fly
Am 29.07.2010 14:38, schrieb Daniel Tremblay: My need is to give cyclists more info when preparing their rides on road that are not cycleway (nor NCN, RCN, LCN). I saw the tag rtc_rate but not find it very intuitive. We need this kind of tags also for cycleways. I know many areas where the

Re: [Tagging] Shoulder and traffic indicator tags

2010-07-29 Thread Richard Mann
Daniel cycleway=shoulder looks like a good idea for those countries that routinely have a wide shoulder on country roads (I've seen them in Ireland; they aren't common in the UK) on urban roads (maybe even rural roads with centre lines), you could do cycleway=tight/critical/spacious, following

Re: [Tagging] Shoulder and traffic indicator tags

2010-07-29 Thread Anthony
On Thu, Jul 29, 2010 at 8:38 AM, Daniel Tremblay tremb...@gmail.com wrote: So, if I come back to my little cyclist need, I wonder if I could simply put cycleway=shoulder.  That would show that: there is a shoulder, it is large enough to accomodate cycling, cycling is authorized on this road,