Re: [Tagging] problem with bicycle=designated

2014-09-16 Thread Paul Johnson
I'm going to throw Dallas and Tulsa into that mix, too. On Mon, Sep 15, 2014 at 11:47 PM, Bryce Nesbitt bry...@obviously.com wrote: On Mon, Aug 18, 2014 at 6:36 AM, Andre Engels andreeng...@gmail.com wrote: I myself, and I think more Dutch mappers, are using bicycle=designated (along with

Re: [Tagging] problem with bicycle=designated

2014-09-15 Thread Bryce Nesbitt
On Mon, Aug 18, 2014 at 6:36 AM, Andre Engels andreeng...@gmail.com wrote: I myself, and I think more Dutch mappers, are using bicycle=designated (along with highway=residential or perhaps highway=unclassified) for a so called fietsstraat (cyclestreet). It's a road that has been set up for

Re: [Tagging] problem with bicycle=designated

2014-09-03 Thread Paul Johnson
Does it have bike route signage? It's designated. On Mon, Aug 18, 2014 at 7:38 AM, Mateusz Konieczny matkoni...@gmail.com wrote: bicycle=designated is widely used but it not well defined. http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/w/index.php?title=Tag:bicycle%3Ddesignatedredirect=no is just redirect,

Re: [Tagging] problem with bicycle=designated

2014-09-03 Thread Paul Johnson
If it's striped as a cycleway but also allows pedestrians, that'd be highway=cycleway, foot=yes. For situations like the divided parts of the Riverparks East trail, that'd be highway=cycleway (though even though this already implies foot=no, I explicitly tag as such, since pedestrians have their

Re: [Tagging] problem with bicycle=designated

2014-08-21 Thread fly
Am 20.08.2014 04:45, schrieb John F. Eldredge: Are you allowed to walk on the cycle path while pushing a broken-down bicycle (for example, if the chain breaks)? I have been on some bicycle paths where brush grows up to the edge of the path, so there would not be room to walk next to the path.

Re: [Tagging] problem with bicycle=designated

2014-08-21 Thread Volker Schmidt
May be splitting hairs, but if your bicycle breaks down on a cycle-only path, you will surely be allowed to push it along the cycle-ony path to the next possible off-ramp. On 21 August 2014 17:52, fly lowfligh...@googlemail.com wrote: Am 20.08.2014 04:45, schrieb John F. Eldredge: Are you

Re: [Tagging] problem with bicycle=designated

2014-08-21 Thread Martin Koppenhoefer
when there is no room to push you will stay on the cycleway until you can leave it Il giorno 21/ago/2014, alle ore 17:52, fly lowfligh...@googlemail.com ha scritto: Am 20.08.2014 04:45, schrieb John F. Eldredge: Are you allowed to walk on the cycle path while pushing a broken-down

Re: [Tagging] problem with bicycle=designated

2014-08-19 Thread Pee Wee
In The Netherlands we more or less have agreement on this scheme http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Bicycle_tags_map#Cycleway_tagsfor tagging cycleways, cycle streets. I've also noticed this is totally different from the schemes used in Germany and other countries. During the discussion on the

Re: [Tagging] problem with bicycle=designated

2014-08-19 Thread Mateusz Konieczny
2014-08-19 8:22 GMT+02:00 Pee Wee piewi...@gmail.com: In The Netherlands we more or less have agreement on this scheme http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Bicycle_tags_map#Cycleway_tagsfor tagging cycleways, cycle streets. I've also noticed this is totally different from the schemes used in

Re: [Tagging] problem with bicycle=designated

2014-08-19 Thread Martin Koppenhoefer
Il giorno 18/ago/2014, alle ore 22:00, SomeoneElse li...@mail.atownsend.org.uk ha scritto: They _exactly_ fit the British English definition of a cycleway, actually (in fact, most places that I've been apart from Germany) - you can both walk and cycle on them. In Germany, France and

Re: [Tagging] problem with bicycle=designated

2014-08-19 Thread SomeoneElse
On 19/08/2014 09:23, Martin Koppenhoefer wrote: FWIW, the documented default in OSM (if such thing as defaults is accepted anyway) is foot=no according to this page linked from the cycleway definition: http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/OSM_tags_for_routing/Access-Restrictions That wiki page

Re: [Tagging] problem with bicycle=designated

2014-08-19 Thread Elena ``of Valhalla''
On 2014-08-19 at 10:23:51 +0200, Martin Koppenhoefer wrote: Il giorno 18/ago/2014, alle ore 22:00, SomeoneElse li...@mail.atownsend.org.uk ha scritto: They _exactly_ fit the British English definition of a cycleway, actually (in fact, most places that I've been apart from Germany) - you

Re: [Tagging] problem with bicycle=designated

2014-08-19 Thread Martin Koppenhoefer
Il giorno 19/ago/2014, alle ore 10:55, SomeoneElse li...@mail.atownsend.org.uk ha scritto: It's worth noting that all of the countries listed there (bar a few, some already mentioned) have foot=yes on a cycleway either all the time or in some circumstances - Have a closer look and

Re: [Tagging] problem with bicycle=designated

2014-08-19 Thread Martin Koppenhoefer
Il giorno 19/ago/2014, alle ore 11:35, Elena ``of Valhalla'' elena.valha...@gmail.com ha scritto: In Italy this is true in theory, but in practice cycleways that aren't combined cycleway + footway (with the corresponding sign) are extremely rare. there is one 50m from my home, might

Re: [Tagging] problem with bicycle=designated

2014-08-19 Thread Pee Wee
2014-08-19 9:11 GMT+02:00 Mateusz Konieczny matkoni...@gmail.com: 2014-08-19 8:22 GMT+02:00 Pee Wee piewi...@gmail.com: In The Netherlands we more or less have agreement on this scheme http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Bicycle_tags_map#Cycleway_tagsfor tagging cycleways, cycle streets. I've

Re: [Tagging] problem with bicycle=designated

2014-08-19 Thread John F. Eldredge
Are you allowed to walk on the cycle path while pushing a broken-down bicycle (for example, if the chain breaks)? I have been on some bicycle paths where brush grows up to the edge of the path, so there would not be room to walk next to the path. On August 19, 2014 3:23:51 AM CDT, Martin

[Tagging] problem with bicycle=designated

2014-08-18 Thread Mateusz Konieczny
bicycle=designated is widely used but it not well defined. http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/w/index.php?title=Tag:bicycle%3Ddesignatedredirect=no is just redirect, to page that describes hopelessly inclusive rules It may imply extra usage rights for the given mode of transport (i.e. normally a

Re: [Tagging] problem with bicycle=designated

2014-08-18 Thread Volker Schmidt
So how one should tag in following situations? 1) official cycleway bicycle=designated or official This implies in many countries the obligation to use the cycleway if running parallel to a road 2) road/footway/path widely used by cyclists, cycling is legal bicycle=yes 3) road/footway/path

Re: [Tagging] problem with bicycle=designated

2014-08-18 Thread fly
Am 18.08.2014 14:38, schrieb Mateusz Konieczny: bicycle=designated is widely used but it not well defined. http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/w/index.php?title=Tag:bicycle%3Ddesignatedredirect=no is just redirect, to page that describes hopelessly inclusive rules It may imply extra usage rights for

Re: [Tagging] problem with bicycle=designated

2014-08-18 Thread Mateusz Konieczny
2014-08-18 15:20 GMT+02:00 Volker Schmidt vosc...@gmail.com: I) redefining =designated to the definition of =official I thought they are already eqivalent There are differences. See http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:access%3Dofficial and

Re: [Tagging] problem with bicycle=designated

2014-08-18 Thread Richard Welty
On 8/18/14 9:20 AM, Volker Schmidt wrote: So how one should tag in following situations? 1) official cycleway bicycle=designated or official This implies in many countries the obligation to use the cycleway if running parallel to a road official is not in the wiki here:

Re: [Tagging] problem with bicycle=designated

2014-08-18 Thread Andre Engels
I myself, and I think more Dutch mappers, are using bicycle=designated (along with highway=residential or perhaps highway=unclassified) for a so called fietsstraat (cyclestreet). It's a road that has been set up for bicycles, but has access for all road users. Often they have a board like

Re: [Tagging] problem with bicycle=designated

2014-08-18 Thread Mateusz Konieczny
2014-08-18 15:36 GMT+02:00 Andre Engels andreeng...@gmail.com: 1) official cycleway highway=cycleway What about something that is both footway and cyleway (segregated or not segregated)? ___ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org

Re: [Tagging] problem with bicycle=designated

2014-08-18 Thread Richard Welty
On 8/18/14 9:42 AM, Mateusz Konieczny wrote: 2014-08-18 15:36 GMT+02:00 Andre Engels andreeng...@gmail.com mailto:andreeng...@gmail.com: 1) official cycleway highway=cycleway What about something that is both footway and cyleway (segregated or not segregated)? these are

Re: [Tagging] problem with bicycle=designated

2014-08-18 Thread fly
Am 18.08.2014 15:42, schrieb Mateusz Konieczny: 2014-08-18 15:36 GMT+02:00 Andre Engels andreeng...@gmail.com mailto:andreeng...@gmail.com: 1) official cycleway highway=cycleway What about something that is both footway and cyleway (segregated or not segregated)?

Re: [Tagging] problem with bicycle=designated

2014-08-18 Thread Tobias Knerr
On 18.08.2014 15:33, Mateusz Konieczny wrote: For example according to http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:access%3Ddesignated bicycle=designated may be tagged on suggested route, in general conditions are unclear and really inclusive. I believe that part of the designated wiki page is

Re: [Tagging] problem with bicycle=designated

2014-08-18 Thread Richard Fairhurst
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

Re: [Tagging] problem with bicycle=designated

2014-08-18 Thread fly
Am 18.08.2014 19:00, schrieb Richard Fairhurst: 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

Re: [Tagging] problem with bicycle=designated

2014-08-18 Thread Martin Koppenhoefer
Il giorno 18/ago/2014, alle ore 19:00, Richard Fairhurst rich...@systemed.net ha scritto: 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,

Re: [Tagging] problem with bicycle=designated

2014-08-18 Thread SomeoneElse
On 18/08/2014 20:54, Martin Koppenhoefer wrote: Another point was that ways with signs like this http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/File:120px-Zeichen_240.svg.png http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/w/images/a/aa/120px-Zeichen_241.svg.png are neither cycleways nor footways, they are both at the same

Re: [Tagging] problem with bicycle=designated

2014-08-18 Thread Volker Schmidt
You mean the British legal definition of cycleway. Just to ad another bit of legal aspects in this. In Italy, on ways signed like like this http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/File:120px-Zeichen_240.svg.png, the pedestran has priority over he cyclist. On 18 August 2014 22:00, SomeoneElse

Re: [Tagging] problem with bicycle=designated

2014-08-18 Thread Mateusz Konieczny
2014-08-18 22:45 GMT+02:00 Volker Schmidt vosc...@gmail.com: You mean the British legal definition of cycleway. Just to ad another bit of legal aspects in this. In Italy, on ways signed like like this http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/File:120px-Zeichen_240.svg.png, the pedestran has