[Talk-us] Removing US Bicycle Route tags

[Martin Koppenhoefer]

2013/6/6 Minh Nguyen <mxn at 1ec5.org>

> For these seven counties, the route is currently tagged network=ncn,
> cycle_network=US:US, ref=50, state=proposed.



Despite of some "major maps" (e.g. open cycle map) interpreting
"state=proposed" correctly, this tagging approach is generally flawed. Have
a look in the wiki at highway=proposed and highway=construction, which are
combined with construction/proposed=primary/secondary/etc. You can also
find relevant discussions in the various mailing list archives (also for
abandoned, disused and ruins).

This second approach is much more solid as it doesn't put the mapmakers at
risk to misinterpret the object (if it doesn't check for *=proposed it
won't render anything, while in the first case if you don't look at the
state tag you will render the object as active which it isn't). IMHO we
should follow a similar approach for routes (route=proposed, proposed=*).

cheers,
Martin
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