On Wed, May 5, 2010 at 6:12 AM, Anton Martchukov <[email protected]> wrote: > As a cyclist myself I understand the reason for such a > proposal, but such marking will be highly subjective and I > would prefer to have more objective facts about my route in > the database and then make my decision, some automatic tools > may help me with this.
Yeah, speaking for myself, I don't need a tool that calculates the "perfect" cycle route — a "good" route is fine. Although I obsess endlessly over the perfect route (I spent hours trying to shave a few hundred metres off my daily commute), I also accept that it doesn't really matter that much. So, I think basic information like "sealed, signposted cycle path" adds a lot of value, but "avoid this road, it has a few pot holes" is not so important. If anyone is collecting subjective information about roads, it should perhaps be done outside OSM, but in a way that can be linked. After all, if there is one organisation collecting subjective information, there could be two or more - and they probably won't agree. Steve _______________________________________________ talk mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
