[OSM-talk] Bikely OSM?

[Steve Bromwich]

On Fri, 21 Sep 2007, Abigail Brady wrote:

> On 9/21/07, Steve Bromwich <osm at fop.ns.ca> wrote:
>>
>> Several of the routes I have in mind don't map back to a street. For
>> example,
>>
>> http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=44.62995922191029&lon=-63.58065570868865&zoom=17&layers=B0F
>> - it's possible to get from Gorsebrook Avenue to Robie Street if you
>> aren't in a car, but I wouldn't want to hint to car drivers it was usable,
>> and it's certainly not official as it involves riding around some
>> bollards.
>
>
> This should be highway=cycleway or  somesuch, then.  Certainly should be in
> the database, even if it's not navigable by car!

Well, it goes around some bollards, up the sidewalk, and through a private 
car park, so I'm really not convinced it should be listed as a "designated 
cycleway". It does cut an awful lot of journey time off if one is on a 
bike, hence my looking for a way to mark "unofficial" cycleways that can 
display on (or on top of) OSM tiles, but without putting data that could 
be construed as wrong in there.

Cheers, Steve