[OSM-talk] [tagging] Approved: path, designated. Rejected: *way deprecation

Karl Eichwalder ke at gnu.franken.de
Tue Jun 3 18:56:08 BST 2008


Frederik Ramm schrieb:
> Someone pushing a bike IS a pedestrian and thus isn't misusing a
> footway.
>
> Maybe I have not made myself clear (maybe the word "push" has some
> meaning I didn't know about) but I meant someone walking next to his
> bike!

Please, take my apologies, I got your statement wrong.

>>  Also downhill push your bike
>> "with speed suitable for walking"--that's surely no fun...
>
> It's surely no fun but if for some strange reason the road layout is
> so that you can either spend 20 minutes cycling downhill at 30mph or
> 5 minutes pushing downhill at 3mph then I'd expect a good router,
> asked for the "fastest route", to give me the faster one...

Yes, of course.

BTW, it is not that easy to estimate the speed on cycleway.  On overland
cycleways next to the road you are often slower than if you would
cycle on the road.  But that's a different issue.

-- 
Karl Eichwalder





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