As a cycleway tag already exists and is presumably (?) used by cycle route planners, how about extending it with a 'transit' or similar value and then adding that to road, rail ways and ferry route ways?
Just a thought, Mike At 12:27 PM 9/4/2008, Simon Hewison wrote: >There's a few cycle routes that go through places where cycles are not >allowed, tunnels and bridges, such as the Dartford crossing over the River >Thames at Thurrock. > >In places like these, there's a cycle shuttle service - where the crossing >control people (who escort the dangerous loads etc) will load the cycle onto >their vehicle at a rendezvous point, and you ride with them through the >tunnel, and they unload you and your bike at another rendezvous point, where >you can continue the journey on your bike. > >There's a similar service through the Channel Tunnel (though that one costs >money, and needs booking in advance) > >Of course, a cycle route planner should know that this is a route >available to >cyclists. > >Is it a ferry, available only to cyclists? How should this be tagged? How >should the rendezvous points for the service be tagged? > >For that matter, how should the normal motor vehicle Eurotunnel service >through the Channel Tunnel be tagged, Motorail services, or other vehicle >carrying land-based services be tagged? > >(I think this was discussed briefly on the talk-de list back in November 2007) > >The routing engines should be able to cope with the concept of your chosen >mode of transport temporarily being able to transit a link (eg, rail tunnel) >that would normally not be available to it, without being carried by another >vehicle. It's conceptually the same to a routing engine as a ferry and >ferry_terminal, but you might not want it rendered on maps the same way. > >-- >Simon Hewison > >_______________________________________________ >talk mailing list >[email protected] >http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk _______________________________________________ talk mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
