[OSM-talk-be] cycleways

[Marc Gemis]

IMHO, separate cycleways give a bit more detail than the tag on the main
road, e.g. exact location, showing the extra turns, possibility to show
that they are protected by an hedge, etc
One should never remove them. Of course cylelanes are not mapped as
separate lines.
Since the separate ways give more information, it is OK for me to replace
tags on the main road with a separate way.

regards

m

On Mon, Jan 3, 2022 at 8:40 PM Stijn Rombauts via Talk-be <
talk-be at openstreetmap.org> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Some people prefer the cycleway=* tags and even remove the separate
> highway=cycleway.
> Others prefer the detail of separate highway=cycleway and remove the
> cycleway=* tags.
> Which means that at some places the separate cycleways appear, disappear,
> reappear, redisappear etc.
> So what are the opinions about cycleways these days? Or is this all there
> is to say about it:
> "There are two ways to model cycle tracks. One possibility is to draw
> separate ways along the roadway which are tagged as highway
> <https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:highway>=cycleway
> <https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:highway%3Dcycleway>. The
> alternative is to add a cycleway
> <https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:cycleway>=track
> <https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:cycleway%3Dtrack> tag to the
> existing way. Both methods each have their pros and cons. Notably, a
> separately tagged cycleway generally allows to capture more detail, while
> adding a single tag to an existing way takes much less time and in many
> cases can be as accurate. Both methods are in use today, and there is
> discussion about when to prefer which method."
>
> Regards,
>
> StijnRR
>
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