[Talk-us] UK assumptions that don't hold in the U.S.

[Nathan Edgars II]

On 5/29/2012 10:00 AM, Frederik Ramm wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On 05/29/12 11:57, Nathan Edgars II wrote:
>> *Most railways have passenger service. Thus OCM (and the transport map)
>> show all rail lines.
>
> But isn't a railway an obstacle for cyclists no matter what services
> they support?

Sure. But that would support their being shown at close zooms, not all 
the way out at 7.

On 5/29/2012 10:16 AM, James Umbanhowar wrote:
 > Many tracks are quite usable by bikes with big tires, e.g. mountain 
bikes.

Agreed. But so is every paved road. What OCM does is give more 
prominence to a track (even one marked access=private!) than a 
residential street, for example right in the middle of here: 
http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=28.3866&lon=-81.2697&zoom=13&layers=C