[Tagging] Tagging highway=cycleway without explicit knowledge of the law?

[Dave F.]

Anthony wrote:
> On Sun, Dec 13, 2009 at 8:52 AM, Steve Bennett <stevagewp at gmail.com 
> <mailto:stevagewp at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>     On Mon, Dec 14, 2009 at 12:39 AM, Dave F. <davefox at madasafish.com
>     <mailto:davefox at madasafish.com>> wrote:
>     > Anthony wrote:
>     >>
>     >> Hmm, the resolution isn't quite as good as I was expecting.
>      Still, I
>     >> think I spotted two or three bicyclists near two or three
>     >> pedestrians.  Looks like shared-use, which means highway=path.
>     > I think this is the wrong way to decide. You're being presumptive.
>     > Just because you */see /*cyclists/walkers it doesn't mean they
>     have the
>     > */right /*to go there.
>
>     Honestly, tagging on the basis of measured human activity doesn't
>     work. Plenty of genuine bike paths get more foot traffic than wheeled
>     traffic.
>
>
> What makes them "genuine bike paths", then?
Signage, or non-copyrighted data telling the user that a cyclist can go 
down it.
>  
>
>     The "Great Divide Trail" hiking trail gets more mountain
>     bikes than hikers.
>
>     The only viable approaches are those based on physical observations
>     and legislation/planning documents. 
>
>
> Umm, "measured human activity" is a physical observation.
Physical observations of signage, not a couple of blurred images of a 
micro-second snapshot.
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