[OSM-newbies] how to label a multi-use bicycle/footpath in Canada

[Richard Weait]

On Sat, Mar 13, 2010 at 11:48 PM, Reuben Janzen-Martin
<rjanzenmartin at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I have started mapping some new trails in Winnipeg, Manitoba - however, I'm
> not clear on the standard labelling for multi-use paths in Canada. How
> should I label the path so that it will get automatically rendered on the
> open cycle map?

Multi-use?  So, bike and pedestrians, joggers, roller skates?

highway=cycleway
foot=yes

-or-

highway=footway
cycle=yes

Then add as appropriate some or all of:

surface=paved # or actual surface type
name=* # if it is a named trail
ncn_ref/rcn_ref/lcn_ref=* # national/regional/local cycle network
reference number if their is a trail number


See:

http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Map_Features
http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Cycle_routes

Best regards,
Richard