[OSM-newbies] Cyclemap rendering

[Andy Allan]

On Wed, Dec 31, 2008 at 10:09 PM, James Ewen <ve6srv at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Wed, Dec 31, 2008 at 2:55 PM, Maxwell Lucas <maxtheheathen at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> So I'm working on mapping mountain bike and hiking trails, and I've noticed
>> that ways tagged highway=path don't render on the Cycle Map layer. There's a
>> dearth of info about the cycle map renderer on the wiki. Should I just tag
>> trails highway=footway in the meantime?
>
> The mantra is: "Never tag for the renderers."

A worringly common incorrect interpretation of the mantra - the mantra
is never tag things *incorrectly* to make it *look right* on the
renderer.

If there's more than one way to tag a feature, by all means feel free
to use the one supported by the most renderers.

Cheers,
Andy