2010/2/3 Richard Fairhurst <[email protected]>: > Martin Koppenhoefer wrote: > What matters is the context in which that key/value has been used in > OSM. And in that case, it's historically been used to imply pedestrian > rights too.
OK. And where can I find this information? If it is not findable, it will not be used. > Right. This is another reason why the wiki is made of fail. IIRC Map > Features originally documented that cycleway means shared use, > reflecting all existing current usage. Some pillock came along and > edited it to say "mainly for cycles", making it out of step with all > existing current usage. The oldest version of highway=cycleway I can find already speaks about mainly or exclusively for cyclists (Oct. 2007). http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php?title=Tag:highway%3Dcycleway&oldid=55517 I found another interesting page: http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php?title=OSM_tags_for_routing/Access-Restrictions but it doesn't seem to be of any help for the UK: "United Kingdom The defaults do not apply. Someone who cares can fix this up. " > Consequently we now have this insane situation where some people are > following the original usage and others are following the > wiki-fiddlers' usage. I say "usage", but there's no evidence that > wiki-fiddlers actually use the tags or in fact do any mapping at all. don't know if you would call me a wiki-fiddler but I am mapping :D cheers, Martin _______________________________________________ talk mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
