[OSM-talk] how to map this? cycleway or footpath?

[Richard Mann]

Eagerness should be channelled, not suppressed.

Richard

On Fri, Sep 11, 2009 at 12:34 AM, Jason Cunningham <jamicuosm at googlemail.com
> wrote:

> And I would be tempted to  tag it
> highway=footway
> graffiti=yes
>
> I am beginning to think cycleway gets added by eager cyclists far more
> often than should really happen.
>
> Jason Cunningham
> user:jamicu
>
> 2009/9/10 Roy Wallace <waldo000000 at gmail.com>
>
>  On Thu, Sep 10, 2009 at 9:59 PM, James Livingston <doctau at mac.com> wrote:
>> >
>> > I don't really want to get into this argument again, but I believe
>> > that either we're going to end up with local rules for the access
>> > mappings, or some regions are going to have to tag every single
>> > cycleway/footway with overrides.
>>
>> There is another option: The characteristics of *paths* should be
>> tagged only as they exist *on the ground* - that is, surface, width,
>> lanes, *signage*. Local laws should be known by the locals (and
>> tourists should use the "I'm a tourist, Officer" + "but the sign
>> didn't say I couldn't X here" excuse). I know this is probably
>> controversial, but I think it is one way to define the scope to avoid
>> some problems, and also enforces verifiability.
>>
>> > Personally, I think the former is
>> > better because it's a lot less work and there are going to be other
>> > things that need local interpretations - such as whether
>> > highway=residential should be practically treated as
>> > access=destination for the purposes of vehicle routing.
>>
>> Nah, I think access=destination roads should be marked as
>> access=destination (when they are signed as such, as they are in, e.g.
>> Brisbane, Australia).
>>
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