[OSM-talk] tagging suitability for use by race bikes to roads

[Alan Millar]

>> Will tagging the special needs of a small group of users be ok for the
>> osm
>> community, or will my racing bike tags be removed by someone else?

As long as you make a new tag name which isn't already being used for some
other purpose, then your use is encouraged.  If you try to co-opt an
existing tag, like "highway" or "amenity" or "leisure", then your values
will very likely be removed.

The ability to add arbitrary new tags is a great strength of OSM, which
differentiates it from other GIS software usage that has fixed, predefined
layers.  Use it! :-)

- Alan