[OSM-newbies] Implicit properties

[Nicholas Shanks]

On 24 Mar 2010, at 23:51, Richard Fairhurst wrote:

> In the case of Potlatch, you don't need to, because the upcoming Potlatch 2
> has a preset-based tagging system* that abstracts away the actual tags
> behind a user-friendly interface. So you choose "footpath" or "cycleway",
> and Potlatch sorts out the right tags for you.


Well Potlatch 1.3 already has something like that. You select the presets from the pop‐up, then amend for the specific situation. Sometimes I like to tweak things for better routing:

For example on StreetCycle:

highway=footway
bicycle=yes OR bicycle=permissive

treats as a route you can cycle along, and;

highway= footway
(no bicycle key present)

is treated as a footpath you can push your bike along, yet;

highway=footway
bicycle=no

is treated as a footpath you cannot even push your bike along, and you are routed around it (potentially a long way) even if it's only 2m long. DO you think third case not be better handled by access:bicycle=no (say for a steep rocky area); and bicycle=no used for flat paved footways where pushing is okay but pedalling is not?

-- 
Nicholas.

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