[OSM-talk] Bike / Pedestrian directions on the MQ Open sites

[ant]

On 07.03.2011 11:30, M∡rtin Koppenhoefer wrote:
> 2011/3/7 ant<antofosm at gmail.com>:
>   When turn restrictions are practically circumvented by
>> separate cycle tracks that are not mapped, their application for bicycle
>> routing is based on nothing
>
>
> It is a common mapping error to not map distinct cycle tracks with an
> own way and it is  the reason, why separate tracks should always be
> mapped separately: because they are separate ways and different turn
> restrictions, other restrictions, surface, width, etc. might apply.

It's not an error, it's a matter of detail (micromapping). I do map such 
ways separately--but lots of mappers don't. I believe it is still much 
more common to add a "cycleway=track" to the road instead, which is a 
well-documented mapping practice.

cheers
ant