[OSM-talk] Rendering of footways with bicycle=yes

[Andy Allan]

On Thu, Apr 30, 2009 at 7:40 PM, Hillsman, Edward <hillsman at cutr.usf.edu> wrote:

> I assume that highway=cycleway is a path developed outside a road
> right-of-way, primarily for cycling (and the topic that you have been
> discussing in this thread). The illustration on the Map Features page lacks
> enough surrounding context to indicate whether the tag might be suitable for
> other kinds of cycling infrastructure. If I am correct, then what would be
> the difference between this and cycleway=track?

cycleway=track is a property of another road (e.g. highway=primary) to
show that there is an adjacent path for cycling. If you were to add
the required nodes and a second way, that second way would be
highway=cycleway. So cycleway=track is a shorthand that people use
when they don't want to put in two ways.

http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:cycleway actually explains it quite well.

Cheers,
Andy