[OSM-talk] Tagging of jogging tracks

[Karl Eichwalder]

Simon Ward schrieb:
> On Thu, May 08, 2008 at 10:24:43PM +0200, Karl Eichwalder wrote:
>> > mountain bike track in that area.  I suppose that should be tagged:
>> >
>> >   highway=cycleway
>> >   sport=mountainbike
>> >
>> > Except...  these are not really ways at all, but narrow tracks through
>> the
>> > woods that are not suitable for anything really, except
>> mountainbiking.
>>
>> So go for highway=mtb_track, please.  Do not expect old renderers or
>> routers
>> to know about the sport=mountainbike restriction with a sudden.
>
> Good parts of the national cycle network (often, but not always,
> alternate routes) in the UK are tracks hardly suitable for road bikes.
> They are still meant for bicycles.

Yes, I do not want to argue about it.  But this does not mean that
highway=cycleway is right tagging for all these different ways
that are parts of the cycle network.

Better use highway=track and the additional attributes listed by you.

> The suggestion to avoid problems with old renderers or
> routers is just another variant of tagging for the renderer.

No, not necessarily.

-- 
Karl Eichwalder