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<div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Oct 7, 2020, 23:01 by tagging@openstreetmap.org:<br></div><blockquote class="tutanota_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid #93A3B8; padding-left: 10px; margin-left: 5px;"><div><br></div><div>The recent "meaning of highway=crossing + bicycle=no" thread makes the case that it means "you cannot use this crossing to cross road while cycling, it does not affect legality of cycling on the road"<br></div><div><br></div><div>I think this is a bad idea as that way the access can not be evaluated in node context (a router would have to look at the incoming and outgoing way)<br></div></blockquote><div>I agree that splitting way and having short section as footway is also correct tagging and <br></div><div>making data processing easier for router.<br></div><div><br></div><div>Though harder for other data consumers, for example detecting<br></div><div>of places where bicycle crossing should be created would be significantly harder.<br></div><div><br></div><div>But many highway=crossing bicycle=no exists and OSM Wiki should document that also this<br></div><div>tagging scheme is used and what is its meaning as used by mappers.<br></div><div><br></div><div>What kind of tagging should be recommended/deprecated is a separate issue.<br></div> </body>
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