[OSM-talk-be] Cycleway or path?

[Andre Engels]

On Sat, Nov 14, 2009 at 5:15 PM, Johan Huysmans
<johan.huysmans at inuits.be> wrote:
> I always find the hardest part of the mapping the choice of the tags.
>
> For example, near the Dender between Dendermonde and Aalst
> <http://tile.openstreetmap.nl/?zoom=16&lat=50.99664&lon=4.07958&layers=B00000FFF>.
> This is a way about 2m wide with asfalt (A car can drive there but isn't
> allowed).
>
> Which is the preferred tagging of such road?
>
> I always use:
> highway = cycleway
>
> But some time ago Emai changed this to:
> highway = path
> bicycle = yes
> vehicle = no
> surface = paved
>
>
> I don't want to start an edit war, therefore I throw this question in
> the group.

I would call this a cycleway, perhaps a pedestrian way if it were
inside a town. I would never dream of calling 2 meters wide concrete a
'path'.


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André Engels, andreengels at gmail.com