[Tagging] cyclist profiles - was:Feature Proposal - RFC - value 'basic_network' - cycle_network?

[Mateusz Konieczny]

Dec 2, 2021, 00:17 by JochenB at wolke7.net:

> Am 01.12.2021 um 23:05 schrieb stevea:
>
>>> It needs a feature by which e.g. a renderer can easily recognize whether
>>> the relation / path belongs to type A or type B.
>>>
>> So, this really IS "tagging for a renderer," right?
>>
> When I tell a freeway per tag that it is a freeway, I do that so that
> the render can show the freeway as a freeway. So we all tag for renderers
>
> It is reprehensible to tag a dirt road as a motorway because it looks
> better on the map.
>
To be clear, problem is "mistagging for the renderer":
deliberately deleting correct data or adding wrong one,
just because some specific product using OSM data will
work better as an effect.

Mapping because something is shown or used is 100% fine.

https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/w/index.php?title=Mistagging_for_the_renderer

"Tagging for the renderer" is a common shortened form that
is sadly misleading.

>>> This
>>> key should also not be region-specific.
>>>
>> Why not?!  It IS region-specific!  We (in the USA) don't have these here.  And why a key, when values will do?
>>
>
> Why do we tag motorways around the world with the same tag, we could do
> it differently in each country?
>
Also, just because something has no presence in USA does not mean that it will
stay this way.
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