On 28 April 2012 11:03, Richard Mann <[email protected]>wrote:
> I'd only use cycleway=track if there's a track on both sides, otherwise I > use cycleway:left=track or cycleway:right=track, as appropriate. > > I also add a highway=cycleway alongside, because some applications prefer > one method, some the other, and there's little harm having both (in my > view). > IMHO it's either a track on the main highway (cycleway=track) or a separate track (highway=cycleway). If you put both in you're editing for the renderer not editing what's on the ground . > > cycleway=track wasn't rendered on the cycle layer until fairly recently, > and one-sided tracks _aren't_ rendered. So if you want them to show on the > cycle layer, you need to create a separate highway=cycleway (or > highway=footway|path+bicycle=yes|designated). > > Richard > > On Sat, Apr 28, 2012 at 9:47 AM, Bogus Zaba <[email protected]>wrote: > >> On 21/04/12 00:13, Andy wrote: >> >>> Just a couple of quick notes: >>> >>> * The cycle path section is a bit misleading as it stands. The tagging >>> you have shown is for standalone paths (i.e. mapped separately from a >>> road); the majority of cycle paths in the UK are on the side of a road >>> and thus should be tagged something like >>> "highway=<primary,secondary...**>, cycleway=track, segregated=yes/no". >>> I've copied the relevant section onto my user page and altered it: >>> https://wiki.openstreetmap.**org/wiki/User:Spark<https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/User:Spark> >>> >>> * I would prefer to see the 'UK Classic vs Global' stuff taken out - >>> these are the *UK* guidelines and hence the best/commonest practice in >>> the UK should be given. >>> >>> Cheers, >>> Andy >>> >>> ______________________________**_________________ >>> Talk-GB mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://lists.openstreetmap.**org/listinfo/talk-gb<http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb> >>> >>> I should have read these tagging guides before. I have tried to map >> local cycle paths along the side of the road by creating a way parallel to >> the road and tagging it as a highway=cycleway. Do I understand from the >> above that it is better practice to simply add a cycleway=track tag to the >> main highway? >> >> My excuse for doing it via a separate way is that I was copying somebody >> else's practice and I could see that his way of doing it resulted in nice >> rendering on the Cycle Map which can be accessed from the main map page. >> >> Bogus Zaba >> >> >> ______________________________**_________________ >> Talk-GB mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.openstreetmap.**org/listinfo/talk-gb<http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb> >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Talk-GB mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb > >
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