[OSM-newbies] Questions about adding cycling paths in Moscow

[Alex Mauer]

On 09/11/2009 09:00 AM, Brian S. Boon wrote:

> 1.	The route is essentially a large sidewalk for most of the way.  It
> is shared daily by pedestrians, cyclists, and rollerbladers, although
> technically, I'm pretty sure that it's just a sidewalk, and not a multi-use
> pathway.  Is it OK to label this as a cycling route?

I would suggest using bicycle=designated for this.  Probably
cycleway=track is OK as well.  I would avoid highway=cycleway, as it is
a shared-use path.

> 2.	Parts of both routes are actually dedicated shared-use (pedestrian,
> cyclist, rollerbladers) paths.  How can I mark those parts of the path as
> "dedicated use"  paths without breaking the overall path structure?

Can you explain what "dedicated shared use" is, as opposed to
non-dedicated shared use?  If you just mean that it is designated for
several modes of transport then you'd want something like
highway=path+foot=designated+bicycle=designated+roller_blade=designated
(note that the last is not an official tag...).

> 3.	Parts of the route on the South side of the river overlap existing,
> already-mapped roads.  I tried once already to map the cycling route over
> the existing road, but the cycling route seemed to be obscured by the road
> much of the way when I looked at it in OSM.  Is there a proper way to
> overlay a cycling route on an existing road?  Keep in mind that my goal here
> is to ensure that these routes show up on OpenCyclingMap.

One way to ensure that they'll appear on OCM is to use ncn/rcn/lcn as
appropriate.

-Alex Mauer "hawke"

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