<div dir="ltr"><div>I'm a Perth cyclist and I occasionally use <a href="http://www.opencyclemap.org">www.opencyclemap.org</a> when I'm planning a ride through an unfamiliar area. I think the bicycle routes in question are what's shown there but I'm not 100% sure. Anyway I've found them pretty useful on occasion.</div><div><br></div><div>I also occasionally use the signage to find better cycling routes. It's not perfect but it's often a useful way to get yourself off a busy road.</div><div><br></div><div>Anyway I'm not totally convinced one way or the other regarding the removal, but just wanted to offer the perspective of a (very) occasional user of that data. A mass deletion seems a bit heavy handed to me.<br></div><div><br></div><div>Cheers</div><div>John<br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, 11 Feb 2022 at 09:01, Luke Stewart <<a href="mailto:suburbansilvervlogs@gmail.com">suburbansilvervlogs@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">With their reasons for deletion:<br><br><div>"largely they are fragmented, and consist of riding on roads without any dedicated infrastructure" - this is representative of routes across Australia; many routes in Sydney are like this and area just sharrows, however as they are still signposted they are mapped as routes.</div><div><br></div><div>"the signage has not been maintained, and maintenance is the responsibility of the respective local government authority ... signage has been maintained ad-hoc" - this may be the case however councils likely maintain a list/map of routes (at least thats how it works in NSW). Signage is also not always maintained properly in my experience.</div><div><br>"if you live in Perth, I seriously doubt you would have ever used these routes for navigation, nor would you have ever purposefully ridden by the route, instead of taking a more direct or safer route option as to on road cycling." - they are still routes nonetheless, often times I find myself following or deviating from a route at will however that does not change the fact that they are routes and infrastructure is generally designed to cater for these routes.<br><br>"The routes are circuitous" - see above</div><div><br></div><div>"The OSM information has not been maintained to reflect changes, and the OSM application of the routes were not consistent" - in this case then routes should be reviewed and updated where necessary, but I do not think that outright deletion is warranted</div><div><br></div><div>Cheers,</div><div>Luke</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, 11 Feb 2022 at 02:14, <<a href="mailto:osm.talk-au@thorsten.engler.id.au" target="_blank">osm.talk-au@thorsten.engler.id.au</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">Well, he has answered a changeset comment:<br>
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<a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/changeset/116656873" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.openstreetmap.org/changeset/116656873</a><br>
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I'll leave it to the WA OSM community if that's a valid reason to simply delete a whole bunch of routes for which there definitely are signs on the ground, and what to do about it.<br>
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From: Michael Collinson <<a href="mailto:mike@ayeltd.biz" target="_blank">mike@ayeltd.biz</a>> <br>
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To: <a href="mailto:talk-au@openstreetmap.org" target="_blank">talk-au@openstreetmap.org</a><br>
Subject: Re: [talk-au] OpenStreetMap Wiki page Australian Tagging Guidelines has been changed by Aaronsta<br>
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Seems to have it in for Perth cyclists:<br>
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<a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/changeset/116655265#map=12/-32.0362/115.8349" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.openstreetmap.org/changeset/116655265#map=12/-32.0362/115.8349</a><br>
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<a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/changeset/117224600" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.openstreetmap.org/changeset/117224600</a><br>
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Not from Perth so can't judge correctness but it doesn't look right.<br>
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On 2022-02-10 18:13, <a href="mailto:forster@ozonline.com.au" target="_blank">forster@ozonline.com.au</a> wrote:<br>
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>> Guidelines&type=revision&diff=2262794&oldid=2250661><br>
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>> From: Graeme Fitzpatrick <<a href="mailto:graemefitz1@gmail.com" target="_blank">graemefitz1@gmail.com</a>><br>
>> Sent: Thursday, 10 February 2022 08:41<br>
>> To: OSM-Au <<a href="mailto:talk-au@openstreetmap.org" target="_blank">talk-au@openstreetmap.org</a>><br>
>> Subject: Re: [talk-au] OpenStreetMap Wiki page Australian Tagging <br>
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>> On Wed, 9 Feb 2022 at 22:35, OpenStreetMap Wiki <br>
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>> The OpenStreetMap Wiki page Australian Tagging Guidelines has been <br>
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