Hi all, just jumping in here, on my show today (if i have time) im going to talk about 'greenways' and how this concept works, and highlights a challenge for mapping. (path vs. Cycleway vs. Footway vs. Bridleway)
Cheers, Sam ustream.tv/channel/acrosscanadatra tinychat.com/acrosscanada 6pm PST today On 11/30/09, Steve Bennett <[email protected]> wrote: > On Tue, Dec 1, 2009 at 12:42 PM, Anthony <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Interesting. I don't know if I agree with that or not. I certainly >> don't want to be involved in a project which encourages people to >> break the law, since encouraging people to break the law is in itself >> against the law where I live. >> > > If it helps you sleep better, presume that riding on a bike-prohibited > footpath actually means dismounting and walking with the bike :) > > IMHO many places that the maps will say bikes aren't allowed will actually > be grey areas. It's perfectly appropriate to leave that decision to the > user, with appropriate caveats. (Pretty easy to do: the cue sheet can say > "Note: This section is not marked as legal for bicycles. Please respect your > local laws.") > > Steve > PS Before anyone gets the wrong idea, I'm not some kind of biking hoon. I > don't advocate riding at high speed through pedestrian-frequented areas, on > footpaths etc. I'm more interested in finding places to ride that people > hadn't thought of, rather than using paths that have been explicitly ruled > out. > -- Twitter: @Acrosscanada Blog: http://Acrosscanadatrails.blogspot.com Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/sam.vekemans Skype: samvekemans OpenStreetMap IRC: http://irc.openstreetmap.org @Acrosscanadatrails _______________________________________________ talk mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
