Since not everyone agrees on the fact that those things are different, I tried to compare wikipedia to OSM ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Segregated_cycle_facilities#Terminology)
- cycle lanes: higway = * cycleway = lane - cycle tracks higway = * cycleway = track *OR *highway = cycleway (depending on data quality) - cycleways higway = cycleway - shared paths highway = path I believe that there is an inconsistency. If people have another view or can explain why the current schema is a good one (for all purposes: rendering, routing, data analysis ...), please share it. I'm open to discussion. greets, Sander 2011/4/18 Sander Deryckere <[email protected]> > You always have "border cases". Like going from a tertiary to a > unclassified road. but I think the following two ways are different. (we > don't have streetview in belgium, so you'll have to do it with aerial > photo's). > > > The path crossing the Westlaan: > > http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=nl&geocode=&q=Roeselare&aq=&sll=51.705295,5.338873&sspn=0.002224,0.006539&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Roeselare,+West-Vlaanderen,+Vlaams+Gewest,+Belgi%C3%AB&ll=50.953547,3.112797&spn=0.001124,0.00327&t=h&z=19 > > > The path next to the Sleihagestraat: > > http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=nl&geocode=&q=Roeselare&aq=&sll=51.705295,5.338873&sspn=0.002224,0.006539&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Roeselare,+West-Vlaanderen,+Vlaams+Gewest,+Belgi%C3%AB&ll=50.947006,3.058987&spn=0.001124,0.00327&t=h&z=19 > > Both ways are separated from a car-road. so both would have the tag > highway=cycleway. > > @Martin: this is right too, you aren't allowed to drive on the > Sleihagestraat with your bike. > > I have a feeling that there might be a difference between countries. In > Belgium, a separated cycle track is just one where they planted a little > hedge between the cycle track and the car-road. In the Netherlands, the > separated cycle tracks seem more developed. > > In dutch (at least in flemish) we also have different words. We use > "fietspad" for a track next to a road but never for a solitaire track, and > just "pad" or "paadje" for a solitaire track. > > Greets, > Sander > > > > 2011/4/18 Andre Engels <[email protected]> > >> On Mon, Apr 18, 2011 at 3:31 PM, Sander Deryckere <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >> > The problem with this tagging method is that the tag "highway=cycleway" >> is >> > now used for two completely different features. A cycle track next to a >> road >> > is something completely different from a cycleway where there is no >> other >> > traffic around. >> >> Why is it something completely different? Check >> >> http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&t=h&layer=c&cbll=51.704781,5.336008&panoid=i7_zZrZJ-MbFI7dkleOiSg&cbp=12,191.31,,0,0&msa=0&msid=215551429876055887618.000439115f5c143dd24f7&ll=51.704744,5.335879&spn=0.001562,0.003449&z=18 >> - is this cycleway really something else on two sides of that curve? >> >> >> >> -- >> André Engels, [email protected] >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Tagging mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging >> > >
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