Right, maybe we should tag them for renderers for now but leave a note saying they should be part of a new provincial/state tag.
Corey On Mon, Jul 7, 2008 at 2:20 PM, Alan McConchie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Yes, it is a hack. It's also an example of tagging for the renderers: since > our states and provinces are roughly similar in area to European countries, > it makes sense to render US state networks at the same zoom levels as > European national networks. Perhaps if there is an EU-wide cycle network it > should be rendered the same as national networks for the US and Canada? > > It doesn't really matter to me if we create a new state/province tag. Oh, > and we should also perhaps check what the Australians are doing. > > No opinion about the TCT, but I suppose you're right. > > > Alan > > > > On Jul 6, 2008, at 11:56 PM, Corey Burger wrote: > >> This feels like a hack to me. I might be better to create a >> State/Provincial Cycle Network tag to hold these. For that matter, >> would the TCT not be an unofficial NCN? >> >> Corey >> >> On Sun, Jul 6, 2008 at 10:05 PM, Alan McConchie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> >>> We might want to consider how they're doing things down in the States. >>> Given that it is unlikely that there will ever be a National Cycling >>> Network in the US in the foreseeable future, they're using NCN for >>> statewide >>> networks, and RCN for county-level networks. >>> >>> It looks like that's what they're doing in Quebec; those NCN numbers seem >>> to >>> match the Quebec-wide Route Verte network: >>> http://www.routeverte.com/rv/index_e.php >>> >>> I'd suggest we do the same as they're doing in Quebec and in the US, and >>> use >>> NCN for provincial networks (in provinces where they exist) and use RCN, >>> as >>> you suggest, for anything between municipality and province. >>> >>> Alan >>> >>> >>> On Jul 6, 2008, at 9:26 PM, Corey Burger wrote: >>> >>>> I have noticed there is a bit of NCN tagged in Quebec: >>>> >>>> >>>> http://www.gravitystorm.co.uk/osm/?zoom=6&lat=5628088.92068&lon=-8150498.30794&layers=B00 >>>> >>>> However, I am terribly confused, as it is tagged as NCN 8. AFAIK, >>>> there is National Cycling network in Canada. Am I mistaken? >>>> >>>> Anyway, I have tagged the Galloping Goose and Lochside Regional Trails >>>> here in Victoria as RCN or regional cycle network: >>>> http://openstreetmap.org/?lat=48.43248&lon=-123.37742&zoom=16 >>>> (not yet visible) >>>> >>>> So I propose the following: >>>> >>>> NCN - we leave blank for now >>>> RCN - This is any cycle network beyond a single municipality, such as >>>> the GG and LRT here in Victoria >>>> LCN - any municipal efforts, such as the Saanich Centennial Trails >>>> here in Victoria >>>> >>>> (and yes, as most of Canada has nowhere near the cycling >>>> infrastructure as here in Victoria, I realize some of this is >>>> academic) >>>> >>>> Corey >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Talk-ca mailing list >>>> [email protected] >>>> http://lists.openstreetmap.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/talk-ca >>>> >>> >>> >> > > _______________________________________________ Talk-ca mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/talk-ca
