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

[Stephen Colebourne]

On 22 May 2012 11:13, Lester Caine <lester at lsces.co.uk> wrote:
> 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 ...

I agree with this. The way dual carriageways are mapped feels flawed
to me, same with complex junctions. I wonder if a "sub-way" concept
might be the answer, where detail can be added into a single way, for
lanes at junctions, dual carriageways, cycle tracks/lanes, pavements
etc.That way, the way itself can be used to draw basic maps, but
renderes might want to look at any sub-ways for more detail.

Stephen