[OSM-talk] highway=steps ramp=yes mapping stairs.

[Shaun McDonald]

On 11 Sep 2009, at 17:10, Tobias Knerr wrote:

> Shaun McDonald wrote:
>> I have used bicycle=yes where there is a guide rail to help people  
>> take
>> their bike up and over the steps/bridge.
>
> It's a matter of definition, I guess. My opinion is that the OSM  
> vehicle
> class "bicycle" doesn't include pushed/carried bicycles, so it is not
> appropriate for steps with bicycle ramps. Otherwise, we'd need to  
> tag a
> lot of pedestrian streets/areas where pushing bicycles is legal (while
> cycling is not) with bicycle=yes. Of course, this would be misleading.
>

The bicycle=yes can have a different definition based on the highway  
tag. (Well that was my interpretation when I initially started tagging  
the feature that way.

If the consensus is to use bicycle=dismount or similar instead, then  
I'm happy to change my tagging habits.


> I prefer ramp:bicycle=yes.
>

In my book that means that you can cycle up that ramp.

I'd prefer to use a dismount instead of yes.

Shaun

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