[OSM-talk-be] Tag question

[Peter Leemans]

Ben, Philippe,

Thanks for replying.
I will continue to tag them as bicycle.
Just wanted to be sure.

Regards,
Peter

Ben Laenen wrote:
> yep, cycleway all the way. Many of the dike paths however have a sign 
> for forbidden access for vehicles, except bicycles and service vehicles 
> (uitgezonderd dienstvoertuigen). But I don't see that as a special 
> property of a road, because service vehicles are allowed on every road 
> (even proper cycleways with the cycleway sign) when they have to do 
> maintenance. So it's like every other road that only allows pedestrian 
> and bicycle access: it's a cycleway :-)
> 
> Greetings
> Ben
> 
> 
> On Saturday 21 June 2008, Philippe Piquer wrote:
>> The picture says clearly cycleway :)
>> I would tag them as service if it is clearly marked so , like the
>> access to a warehouse or something like that or if any cars are
>> allowed on it.
>>
>> 2008/6/21 Peter Leemans <peter at bist2.be>:
>>> Hi all,
>>>
>>> quick question about how to tag the border of a canal and small
>>> stream. The dikes of them have gotten a layer of asfalt on them.
>>>
>>> An example (Netekanaal and Kleine Nete) is:
>>>
>>> http://www.informationfreeway.org/?lat=51.174644771364775&lon=4.637
>>> 325636033123&zoom=16&layers=0B00T000F
>>>
>>> Picture:
>>> http://album.zoom.nl/public_images/3400/wBQBSM.jpg
>>>
>>> The main purpose as far as I'm concerned are as service way, so I'm
>>> inclined to tag them as such.
>>>
>>> But they are also very popular for cycling, and I see people before
>>> me have tagged parts of them as 'highway: cycleway'.
>>>
>>> So what's the correct way to do it:
>>>
>>> highway: cycleway or highway: bicycle.
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>> Peter 'toi' Leemans
>>>
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