[Talk-ca] Biking networks in Canada

[Corey Burger]

Right, maybe we should tag them for renderers for now but leave a note
saying they should be part of a new provincial/state tag.

Corey

On Mon, Jul 7, 2008 at 2:20 PM, Alan McConchie <almccon at ofb.net> wrote:
> Yes, it is a hack.  It's also an example of tagging for the renderers: since
> our states and provinces are roughly similar in area to European countries,
> it makes sense to render US state networks at the same zoom levels as
> European national networks.  Perhaps if there is an EU-wide cycle network it
> should be rendered the same as national networks for the US and Canada?
>
> It doesn't really matter to me if we create a new state/province tag.  Oh,
> and we should also perhaps check what the Australians are doing.
>
> No opinion about the TCT, but I suppose you're right.
>
>
> Alan
>
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> On Jul 6, 2008, at 11:56 PM, Corey Burger wrote:
>
>> This feels like a hack to me. I might be better to create a
>> State/Provincial Cycle Network tag to hold these. For that matter,
>> would the TCT not be an unofficial NCN?
>>
>> Corey
>>
>> On Sun, Jul 6, 2008 at 10:05 PM, Alan McConchie <almccon at ofb.net> wrote:
>>>
>>> We might want to consider how they're doing things down in the States.
>>> Given that it is unlikely that there will ever be a National Cycling
>>> Network in the US in the foreseeable future, they're using NCN for
>>> statewide
>>> networks, and RCN for county-level networks.
>>>
>>> It looks like that's what they're doing in Quebec; those NCN numbers seem
>>> to
>>> match the Quebec-wide Route Verte network:
>>> http://www.routeverte.com/rv/index_e.php
>>>
>>> I'd suggest we do the same as they're doing in Quebec and in the US, and
>>> use
>>> NCN for provincial networks (in provinces where they exist) and use RCN,
>>> as
>>> you suggest, for anything between municipality and province.
>>>
>>> Alan
>>>
>>>
>>> On Jul 6, 2008, at 9:26 PM, Corey Burger wrote:
>>>
>>>> I have noticed there is a bit of NCN tagged in Quebec:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> http://www.gravitystorm.co.uk/osm/?zoom=6&lat=5628088.92068&lon=-8150498.30794&layers=B00
>>>>
>>>> However, I am terribly confused, as it is tagged as NCN 8. AFAIK,
>>>> there is National Cycling network in Canada. Am I mistaken?
>>>>
>>>> Anyway, I have tagged the Galloping Goose and Lochside Regional Trails
>>>> here in Victoria as RCN or regional cycle network:
>>>> http://openstreetmap.org/?lat=48.43248&lon=-123.37742&zoom=16
>>>> (not yet visible)
>>>>
>>>> So I propose the following:
>>>>
>>>> NCN - we leave blank for now
>>>> RCN - This is any cycle network beyond a single municipality, such as
>>>> the GG and LRT here in Victoria
>>>> LCN - any municipal efforts, such as the Saanich Centennial Trails
>>>> here in Victoria
>>>>
>>>> (and yes, as most of Canada has nowhere near the cycling
>>>> infrastructure as here in Victoria, I realize some of this is
>>>> academic)
>>>>
>>>> Corey
>>>>
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