[Talk-us] Removing US Bicycle Route tags

[Martin Koppenhoefer]

2013/6/5 KerryIrons <irons54vortex at sbcglobal.net>

> 3 months ago we discussed the existence of US Bicycle Route number tags in
> the Midwest.  The OSM consensus was clear: only approved US Bicycle Routes
> should be tagged in OSM.
>
> Since those routes (21, 25, 50, 80, 84 and 35 in Indiana) have not been
> approved by AASHTO it is incorrect to have them tagged in OpenStreetMaps.
>


I am mostly not mapping in the US, but I'd like to raise awareness that in
Europe proposed bicycle routes are often mapped, and I don't see a problem
as long as they are mapped as "proposed" and not as "in place". If the
tagging is clear, general renderings (or other data consumers) can decide
whether they would want to display these proposals or simply omit them.



> There are proposed routes for 35 and 50 in Indiana and part of 50 in Ohio
> but since those routes have not been approved by AASHTO the routes are
> subject to change during the implementation process.
>


Yes, it is quite common that there are variations on the way from a
proposed way to a built way / signposted route. There is no problem with
this, you simply update the data in OSM when modifications are applied.

Cheers,
Martin
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