> http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=51.98473&lon=4.37146&zoom=17 > where cycle ways aside the Schieweg road are invisible due to the width > of the road..
I didn't know anything about the streets in question, so I downloaded that region into JOSM and then I looked at some better-than-yahoo aerial photos to do some distance measurements (lots of parked cars, of length 4,5 to 5 meters, visible for comparison). As it now stands in OSM, the distance from the Schieweg centerline to the cycleway centerline is under 5 meters. A truck is generally 2,55 meters wide (without the side mirrors) and a minimum width for lanes, where heavy traffic common, is typically 2,8 to 3,5 meters, everywhere around Europe atleast. That section of the road seems to have three lanes in total and quite a wide cycleway, so a minimum distance of 7 to 8 meters between the centerlines is more than likely. Some distance north of the location you linked to, the separation distance is drawn more reasonable (and the cycleways do show nicely beside the Schieweg). Distance measurements are easy to do while editing, at least in JOSM. In general, at z17, almost all features do seem to appear in correct width. This might not be the case for very narrow or wide streets, though. -- Lauri Kytömaa ----------- Leppäsuonkatu 7 A 32 [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----------- 00100 Helsinki http://www.iki.fi/lkmaa/ --------- 040-7580434 _______________________________________________ talk mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
