Sander Deryckere wrote: > This mail is about the different (and incompatible) usages of the tag > "highway=cycleway" > > [...] > > So the sollution "create a new tag" comes to the mind. I believe this is > the preferred sollution, but* I ask your input about what the tag would > be*. We could > > - create one new tag and leave "highway=cycleway" for the solitaire > cycleway (which is the most used type). > - or create two new tags for the different ways. This makes it easy to > deprecate the old highway=cycleway tag and replace them by new. > > I look forward to all reactions.
We've already solved this in Belgium (and talk-be@ is the better place to discuss this since this rule is different in every country): highway=cycleway is to be used when it is signed with the round blue sign of a cycleway, regardless of its location. Most of these will indeed be cycleways belonging to a road, but there are a few cycleways on itself in the country (even though it's IMHO not the best option according to the traffic code) for other paths that don't belong to a road where cars can go, use highway=path -- and add access tags if there are other traffic signs, like vehicle=no + bicycle=yes A router should detect the highway=cycleway parallel to the road and make use of it (probably easier said than done). Greetings Ben _______________________________________________ Tagging mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging
