<html><head><style type="text/css"><!-- DIV {margin:0px;} --></style></head><body><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:10pt"><div>Chris,<br><br>What would the advantage/disadvantage be of using a different network name ("usbrs" vs. "ncn") for U.S. bike routes. The author of open cycle map would have to adjust their symbolization if we started using "usbrs". Is it good to try to keep some international standard even though trail and route systems may be different in various ways.<br><br>Spencer<br></div><div style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><br><div style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><font size="2" face="Tahoma"><hr size="1"><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">From:</span></b> Chris Lawrence <lordsutch@gmail.com><br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> Spencer Riddile <riddile_spencer@yahoo.com><br><b><span style="font-weight:
bold;">Cc:</span></b> talk-us@openstreetmap.org<br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Monday, March 9, 2009 5:23:46 PM<br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: [Talk-us] U.S. Bike Route 76<br></font><br>
On Mon, Mar 9, 2009 at 2:43 PM, Spencer Riddile<br><<a ymailto="mailto:riddile_spencer@yahoo.com" href="mailto:riddile_spencer@yahoo.com">riddile_spencer@yahoo.com</a>> wrote:<br>> I'm working on tagging Bike Route 76 in the Montgomery County, VA area. Is<br>> anyone else working on tagging national bike routes in the U.S.?<br>><br>> Here is the combination of tags I'm using:<br>><br>> type=route<br>> route=bicycle<br>> network=ncn<br>> ref=76<br>><br>> Does that look correct? Can I add a name for the route (e.g. bike route<br>> 76)?<br><br>Assuming you're tagging using relations, that format is correct<br>(although you could adopt a different network name than "ncn" which is<br>of British origin; using "US" would make sense here); if you are not<br>using relations, although I think it's probably better if you do, then<br>the ncn_* tags Adam suggested should be used directly on the ways.<br><br>With
relations, you could use name=Bike Route 76.<br><br><br>Chris<br></div></div></div></body></html>