On 23/03/2009 19:41, Mike Harris wrote: > I would tend to use > > Highway=bridleway (because that is what it is and bridleway is a clearly > defined term and cycleway is - usually - not)
I think it is perfectly obvious in the UK, it's a cycleway if it has the blue cycle sign indicating that a surface is permitted for cycling when it otherwise not be. > Then define access with > > Foot=yes > Bicycle=yes > Horse=yes > > Define legal status > > Designation=public_bridleway How do you know the legal status if not from the signing or other evidence on the ground? And once you've identified that I fail to understand what is wrong with the simple scheme we already have and is extensively used. You may know the legal status of a few roads from your dealings with a local authority, in which case I agree that designation is helpful especially if it contradicts the evidence on the ground, but any bulk knowledge of this information is database copyright in the UK so can't be set in OSM. I think you're making this way too complicated. In nearly all cases, highway=cycleway or highway=bridleway says what classes of people may use it by default. We only need tag the exceptions. Apologies to non UK. David _______________________________________________ talk mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
