<div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, May 22, 2009 at 1:19 AM, Tobias Knerr <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:osm@tobias-knerr.de">osm@tobias-knerr.de</a>></span> wrote
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> But it will make it a lot simpler for mappers. If you see a "No Cycling"<br>
> sign on a trunk road and want to compare it to the DB, then you don't need<br>
> to think about where the country border polygon ends.<br>
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</div>So when I see that there is _no_ "no cycling" sign, but a bicycle=no in<br>
the DB, what should I do? Remove it? But it might be part of the <br>
country's traffic laws (and was therefore added by someone's editor in<br>
"Motorway Germany" mode). How should I know?<br>
</blockquote><div><br>Firstly, AFAIK, there is no debate that motorway should imply bicycle=no<br><br></div></div>What do you do when the DB says "Main Street" and the sign say "North Road" ? Perhaps it's a long street that changes name at some point. Perhaps you find out that "Main Street" was added by someone with a history of being inaccurate. Use your discretion. If you know that a certain sign means "Schnellstraße" and traffic laws prohibit cycling on them by default, then tag it with bicycle=no<br>
<br>The point is that it's much easier for OSM member number 989431* to tag bicycle={yes/no} than it is for him/her to choose between 'primary' and 'trunk'.<br><br>* Yes, some people are contemplating having this many members !<br>
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