[OSM-talk] Map Feature default |was: Re: Annotation presets]

[Tom Chance]

On Tuesday 12 September 2006 21:33, Robert Scott wrote:
> On Tuesday 12 September 2006 21:14, Thomas Walraet wrote:
> > For example :
> > highway=footway imply foot=yes, cycle=no, car=no
> > highway=cycleway imply foot=no, cycle=yes, car=no
> > highway=secondary imply foot=no, cycle=yes, car=yes
> > highway=primary imply foot=no, cycle=yes, car=yes
> > highway=motorway imply foot=no, cycle=no, car=yes
>
> Well, here's the problem - I consider footway to also imply it allows
> bicycles. Almost all footways I see are big enough for a bicycle, but I
> would have a hard time calling them cycleways, because 99% of their
> 'traffic' are people on foot.

Ditto, for me footway implies bicycle=yes because very few footways deny you 
access on bike, and they have a special sign when that's a case. Then again, 
what's a cycleway and why would such a way deny foot access? I just mark 
everything as a footway, add NCR references where appropriate, and for a few 
odd sections explicitly state that cyclists must dismount (bicycle=no).

I never quite got the distinction twixt footway and cycleway...

Kind regards,
Tom

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