[OSM-talk] Good routing vs legal routing (was: Path vs footway vs cycleway vs...)

[Anthony]

On Mon, Nov 30, 2009 at 8:53 PM, Steve Bennett <stevagewp at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Tue, Dec 1, 2009 at 12:42 PM, Anthony <osm at inbox.org> wrote:
>>
>> Interesting.  I don't know if I agree with that or not.  I certainly
>> don't want to be involved in a project which encourages people to
>> break the law, since encouraging people to break the law is in itself
>> against the law where I live.
>
> If it helps you sleep better, presume that riding on a bike-prohibited
> footpath actually means dismounting and walking with the bike :)

I can't actually think of a situation where we can't both be happy -
something that maps reality in a way that lets renderers/routers
choose for themselves what to do, without actively encouraging people
to break the law.  If a router wants to ignore bicycle=no, there's
nothing we can do to stop them - the data is open source.  Tagging a
way with "surface=*, bicycle=no" should make everyone happy, right
(assuming * is not "a surface which is perfect for mountain biking",
anyway)?