Richard Fairhurst wrote: > Alex Mauer wrote: >>> Richard Fairhurst wrote: >>>> Map Features says that highway=cycleway should be used for ways that >>>> are mainly/exclusively for bicycles. >>> Map Features is wrong. :) >> So you're saying that highway=cycleway is not intended for ways >> which are for bicycles? > > Thanks for putting words into my mouth. Clearly I'm not.
You went too far in your change, "A path on which bicycle access is permitted." What makes a way a cycleway, other than being mainly for bicycles? > "mainly/exclusively" is the difference. Access permissions cascade down[1]. Down from what, to what? What's the hierarchy? As far as I can interpret this, you mean that "access always defaults to yes *except on motorways" -- Is this correct? > So why on earth you think that highway=cycleway;foot=yes is still required, > I have no idea. Unless, of course, you do actually go around tagging > highway=secondary;motorcar=yes;foot=yes etc. etc., in which case full marks > for consistency albeit no marks for clue. Well, either you're tagging foot=yes+horse=yes+ski=yes+moped=yes+snowmobile=yes on a large subset of paths, or you're tagging foot=no+horse=no+ski=no+moped=no+snowmobile=no on a large subset of paths. I find that most paths have a list of what is allowed to use them, so between a bunch of yes values and a bunch of no values, "yes" makes more sense IMO. Roads are not the same, they should be "default access yes". But at least around here, paths -- including those for bicycles, horse, or foot -- should be "default no" > But, you know, well done on finally uploading some GPS tracks in the last > few weeks (http://www.openstreetmap.org/user/Hawke/traces). Maybe actually > doing some mapping will give your opinions some weight, rather than just > being another tedious wikignome. We live in hope. For what it's worth, I've had my city essentially complete[1] for about 2 years, and created my own render of the local paths and truck routes[2]. So I hope that my opinions carry at least some weight, and I'll thank you not to insult my contributions. 1. http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/images/b/b3/Hawke_northwestportage.png 2. http://web.hawkesnest.net/osm.html
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