[OSM-talk-be] fietspad of niet

[Ben Laenen]

On Thursday 03 October 2013 05:47:10 Marc Gemis wrote:
> From the page mentioned by Gilbert, I discovered
> https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/OSM_tags_for_routing/Access-Restrictions
> #Belgium. It states e.g. that the key designated is useless in Belgium:
> 
> "There's no reason for a "designated" access tag in Belgium as there
> is no reason why one has more rights over the other on any of these
> highway types when different vehicle types have access to a road.
> "designated" is therefore synonym with "yes". Footways could both be
> signed with a sign that doesn't show a pedestrian at all, and one that
> does, so basing a designated tag on traffic signs is also flawed."

It means that there is no reason for a "designated" value for access tags 
(like bicycle=designated), because it doesn't give any special meaning that 
isn't already included with a simple "yes" value.

The example given is one like this: you could have a way signed with a C3 with 
an exception for cyclists. Or you could have a sign like this 
http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/File:Belgium-trafficsign-C5-C7-C9.svg that 
prohibits cars, mopeds and motorcycles. There's no real difference for 
cyclists here, but for one common interpretation of what "designated" means 
(it has signs with a picture of that vehicle on it), it would mean that the 
first one would be bicycle=designated, while the second one wouldn't.

But I guess the wording can be a little bit better, this was written when the 
designated tag was only just being introduced, and one could still look at 
cycleways with blue round signs as bicycle=designated.

Ben