[OSM-talk-be] OSM Forêt de Soignes / Zoniënwoud

[Renaud MICHEL]

Le lundi 10 août 2009, Pierre Parmentier a écrit :
> I would like to join my efforts to complete the map of the Forêt de
> Soignes / Zoniënwoud.

Welcome :-)

> Is there a "Belgian" standard for the various highway tags applicable for
> wooden areas, forests, etc.?

There is no standard at all.
The convention seems to be that natural=wood is for really natural, primal 
forests (we don't have those anymore in Europe) and landuse=forest is for 
managed forests.
But the subject frequently comes up on the talk at openstreetmap.org and never 
comes up with something new.

> I see "track", "pedestrian", "footway", "cycleway" and the rendering
> shows different symbols for the same type of highway!

If they are tagged with footway, pedestrian, ... then they are supposed to 
be different types and it is perfectly normal to have them render 
differently.

> May I suggest for this particular case:
>
>    1. stick to the following keys:
>    1. *"*unclassified" + "surface" values ("asphalt" or "concrete" or
>       "cobblestone")

unclassified is for low importance roads designed for cars.

>       2. "tracktype" + "grade 1" or "grade 2" values ("3" or "4" values
> in some cases, most tracks have a high grade for forestry engines!)

tracktype is specific to highway=track (and is deprecated by some people who 
would prefer some more specific tagging)

> 3. "path" + "restrictions" values (*bicycle=no* or *horse=no*)**

Yes, highway=path is a good choice for ways in forest.

> 4. "bridleway" (a few specific cases)
>       5. "cycleway" (a few specific cases)
>       2. remove "pedestrian" tags as it is more appropriate in urban
> areas

I agree on this one, highway=pedestrian is for large pedestrian roads, 
according to the definition on the wiki
http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:highway=pedestrian

> 3. suppress "cycleway" when "highway" key is activated

Why?
If a way is a cycleway, why tag it differently?

>    4. suppress "footway" and replace it by "path"

Same remark as above, if it is a footway (a way that was built specifically 
for pedestrian)

-- 
Renaud Michel