The Cycle Routes Wiki Page <https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Cycle_routes#Tagging_cycle_route_networks> states: "It is preferred to tag the cycle routes using relations instead of tagging the ways."
If I come across a route that has the Ways already tagged with the name <https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:name>=* of the route, can I delete the name <https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:name>=*s in the Ways and just create a Route Relation with the name? I assume this is not prefered because a number of applications use the names in the Ways themselves and not the Route Relation, most notably osm-carto. However, some benefits of doing this might be: - Takes up less space in the DB - More tags that apply to the whole coute could be added to the Relation like surface <https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:surface>=* and source <https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:source>=* (like the official map of the route). - Ways with two or more routes wouldn't be tagged name <https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:name>=route 1 & route 2 <https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/w/index.php?title=Tag:name%3Droute_1_%26_route_2&action=edit&redlink=1> and instead have their respective Relations. This could help with preferred routing/data usage in general. I would propose that *all* routes and their names should be tagged in a Relation and *never* the Ways, even if the Route Relation only has *one member*. This way data consumers know that all Routes are going to be relations. Also future Routes mapped that share the Way of a Route that does not have Relation, won't require the mapper to shift all of the data stored in the Way to a new Relation. Also, if Proposed features/Relation:street <https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Proposed_features/Relation:street> is ever approved, this would help establish a consistent OSM-wide routing standard. *As for now*, I do not think that we should be deleting the name <https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:name>=*s of Ways. However, I think osm-carto *should* render and *prefer* to render Relation names for Cycle routes over the names of the Ways. The Editors should also somehow influence users to map Relations for Cycle routes instead of naming them. Thoughts? Seth Deegan (lectrician1)
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