[talk-au] Australian Cycleways

[Liz]

On Sat, 12 Dec 2009, Evan Sebire wrote:
> Why are we still using cycleway/footway, please describe only the
> properties of the path.  If the routing/rendering software is dumb/simple
> that doesn't mean we must be!
> The tags for describing paths properties are fairly stable and that is what
> the software should be using.  Smoothness, width, surface and incline.
>
> I find the tagging of a shared path as cycleway with foot=yes, horse=yes
> etc silly.  Using only the 'no' attribute would make much more sense.  So a
> shared path could be simply tagged as highway=path, and then describe its
> properties. Hopefully with the time many attributes are recorded against a
> path and the user can make up his/her own mind whether the activity they
> want to do is suitable to the path.  i.e. Is it to Steep?
we're having another discussion about this same point concurrently on 
talk at openstreetmap.org
and making a number of suggestions there
care to join in?