On 08/12/2014 11:25, Steve Bennett wrote:
It was quite an eye opener for me earlier this year to cycle in the UK to discover that they really do have LCN, RCN, and NCN. And they're slightly different from what I expected: NCN is basically a network that links towns together, LCN and other stuff, but with the same goal of efficiently getting from place to place. RCN is a cycle tourism network, and follows scenic, rather than efficient, routes. (Following an NCN route is often disappointing...)
I think that it depends a bit where you are. In some places NCN routes are essentially boring "cycle motorways", but in the more interesting bits of the UK countryside there are places where NCN routes need more just than a city bike. In those cases I'd just try and tag surface and mtb:scale appropriately so that cycle routers and renderers can work appropriately.
The "cycle tourism network" that I suspect that you're referring to is the "National Byway" http://www.nationalbyway.org/welcome.asp which is a bit of a one-off - there are other RCNs that suit different cycling styles and needs.
Cheers, Andy
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