[OSM-talk] cycle transit tagging (also applies to Motorail)

[Michael Collinson]

As a cycleway tag already exists and is presumably (?) used by cycle 
route planners, how about extending it with a 'transit' or similar 
value and then adding that to road, rail ways and ferry route ways?

Just a thought,
Mike


At 12:27 PM 9/4/2008, Simon Hewison wrote:
>There's a few cycle routes that go through places where cycles are not
>allowed, tunnels and bridges, such as the Dartford crossing over the River
>Thames at Thurrock.
>
>In places like these, there's a cycle shuttle service - where the crossing
>control people (who escort the dangerous loads etc) will load the cycle onto
>their vehicle at a rendezvous point, and you ride with them through the
>tunnel, and they unload you and your bike at another rendezvous point, where
>you can continue the journey on your bike.
>
>There's a similar service through the Channel Tunnel (though that one costs
>money, and needs booking in advance)
>
>Of course, a cycle route planner should know that this is a route 
>available to
>cyclists.
>
>Is it a ferry, available only to cyclists? How should this be tagged? How
>should the rendezvous points for the service be tagged?
>
>For that matter, how should the normal motor vehicle Eurotunnel service
>through the Channel Tunnel be tagged, Motorail services, or other vehicle
>carrying land-based services be tagged?
>
>(I think this was discussed briefly on the talk-de list back in November 2007)
>
>The routing engines should be able to cope with the concept of your chosen
>mode of transport temporarily being able to transit a link (eg, rail tunnel)
>that would normally not be available to it, without being carried by another
>vehicle. It's conceptually the same to a routing engine as a ferry and
>ferry_terminal, but you might not want it rendered on maps the same way.
>
>--
>Simon Hewison
>
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