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font-size: 14px;" lang="x-unicode">On 08/12/2014 11:25, Steve
Bennett wrote:
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It was quite an eye opener for me earlier this year to cycle in
the UK to discover that they really do have LCN, RCN, and NCN.
And they're slightly different from what I expected: NCN is
basically a network that links towns together, LCN and other
stuff, but with the same goal of efficiently getting from place
to place. RCN is a cycle tourism network, and follows scenic,
rather than efficient, routes. (Following an NCN route is often
disappointing...)
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I think that it depends a bit where you are. In some places NCN
routes are essentially boring "cycle motorways", but in the more
interesting bits of the UK countryside there are places where NCN
routes need more just than a city bike. In those cases I'd just
try and tag surface and mtb:scale appropriately so that cycle
routers and renderers can work appropriately.
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The "cycle tourism network" that I suspect that you're referring
to is the "National Byway" <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://www.nationalbyway.org/welcome.asp">http://www.nationalbyway.org/welcome.asp</a>
which is a bit of a one-off - there are other RCNs that suit
different cycling styles and needs.
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Cheers,
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Andy
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