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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 28/08/2015 13:15, Anders Fougner
wrote:<br>
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So we should consider replacing the tagging scheme with one which
isn't misunderstood so easily.
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The use of access:foot=*, access:bicycle=* has been proposed at
<a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Proposed_features/access_restrictions_1.5#Namespace"><http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Proposed_features/access_restrictions_1.5#Namespace></a>
but just not taken into use. It looks good, though...and wouldn't
be so easily misunderstood, I believe.
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Based on past experience, not going to happen, for all sorts of
reasons. Also, I suspect that "access:bicycle" is just as likely to
be misunderstood as "bicycle". In addition, I suspect that most
people making these sorts of mistakes are relatively new mappers
using an editor that hides tag values from them, so it is also
pointless.<br>
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Far better, when you see someone locally tagging incorrectly like
that, is to talk to them, explain the problem, and suggest which
tags they should be using. I'm sure most cycle routers do try and
take notice of sensible tagging (though there will sometimes be
problems that need to be bounced to the router maintainers -
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/changeset/33592375">https://www.openstreetmap.org/changeset/33592375</a> and
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://forum.openstreetmap.org/viewtopic.php?id=32884">http://forum.openstreetmap.org/viewtopic.php?id=32884</a> spring to
mind). The "surface" tag is the obvious one; specifically for bikes
"<a href="http://taginfo.openstreetmap.org.uk/keys/mtb%3Ascale"><b>mtb:scale</b></a>"
is probably the most popular locally to me, but near you it might be
something else.<br>
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Cheers,<br>
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Andy (SomeoneElse)<br>
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