[OSM-talk] Wide tracks with cycle access

[Martin Simon]

Am Donnerstag, 1. Mai 2008 11:56:16 schrieb Andy Robinson (blackadder):
> Perhaps this is the better way to think about it. I generally don't like
> subjective tagging, but in this instance giving an opinion about how usable
> a section of way is might be better. If you simplified bike types into
> "road", "hybrid" and "mtb" then I guess you could reasonably add say
> suitability_road / suitability_hybrid / suitability_mtb tags, or join them
> together as bicycle_suitability=road|hybrid|mtb and leave out any of the
> values where you consider its not suitable.
>
> Cheers
>
> Andy

Hmm I think its way better to have a good description of the surface than 
introducing vehicle-type specific usability-tags.

This way the client (printing/routing-app, etc) can decide which sort of 
surface to use.

For example I have no problem using fine/medium gravel tracks with my "normal" 
bike at all, while others on this list would tag such ways 
as "bicycle_suitable=mtb"...
And what about incline? is it part of the "bicycle_suitable" tag or not?

I think its better to invest the time in better surface tagging than, rather 
than subjectively tagging things that are only of use for one specific group 
of users.