[Talk-GB] [OSM-talk] Cycle lanes & cycle tracks - my findings and a proposal

[Lester Caine]

Martin Koppenhoefer wrote:
> 2012/5/21 Rob Nickerson<rob.j.nickerson at gmail.com>:
>> p.s. Personally I feel that cycle TRACKS would be much easier to map if
>> drawn as a separate highway=cycleway (despite any challenges the renderers
>> and routers currently have with this) - it just makes things a lot easier!!
>
> +1, it is also more consistent and simple (seperate carriageway = distinct way).

Personally I think we are reaching the point in a lot of areas where 
representing a complex road as a single way simply because it's easier for the 
renderers and routers is becoming a hindrance generally. Adding tags for 
sidewalk, cycletrack and other details such as barriers between carriageways is 
something that should just happen automatically from the real mapped features? 
Not something that needs to be created manually ignoring the features themselves ...

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