[OSM-talk] Path vs footway vs cycleway vs...

[Martin Koppenhoefer]

2009/12/1 Tobias Knerr <osm at tobias-knerr.de>

> Roy Wallace wrote:
> > The point I was making was that it should *not* be necessary to
> > *require* "a database of all laws of all countries" to know what
> > highway=cycleway means.
>

+1. even if for implicit regulations this would be needed, at least the
consensus could be (like you suggested) that cycleway is a marked cycleway.
Whether I'm allowed to use it with a 25ccm motorcycle (mofa) or not, could
be optionally tagged or considered as implicitly given by local law.


> Do you only suggest that there should be exactly one meaning per tag, or
> would you also want the same tags to be used all over the world?
>
>
what do you mean by this? The meaning is always different. Do we need
different tags for roads in the UK because the drive on the left? IMHO no.

cheers,
Martin
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