[Talk-us] Removing US Bicycle Route tags

[Frederik Ramm]

Hi,

On 05.06.2013 14:29, Martin Koppenhoefer wrote:
> I am mostly not mapping in the US,

me neither...

> 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".

AFAIK, opencyclemap.org displays them with dashed or dotted lines somehow.

An argument *against* having proposed routes is the verifiability - we 
usually try to have data where someone on the ground could easily check 
the correctness by looking at signs. Since proposed routes are unlikely 
to be signposted, having them in OSM is questionable.

On the other hand, I take exception at the original poster's apparent 
insistence on "routes approved by AASHTO". Whether or not a certain 
route has been approved by a certain third organisation is not usually 
something that OSM would care about. The usual OSM approach would be 
that if a route is signposted, then it can be mapped - if not, then not.

An AASHTO approved route that is not signposted would not normally be 
mapped; and a signposted route that is not approved by AASHTO has every 
right to be mapped.

Just my $.02 though.

Bye
Frederik

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