[OSM-talk] OSM cycle map - ?excessive focus on long-distance routes

[Maarten Deen]

On 2012-05-09 14:11, Richard Mann wrote:
> My point is that tagging should allow both types of routes to be
> recorded, so different renderings can be produced for different
> purposes (and indeed routers can use the information as well, if they
> want to).
>
> I know that different route networks apply for different purposes in
> my city (and have tagged and rendered accordingly); I just thought it
> interesting to note that that difference was also regarded as obvious
> in a major Dutch city.

I think the lines on [1] are merely a guideline for cyclists what the 
recommended route from the suburbs to the city center is. If they are 
signposted then only by official roadsigns (like these here [2]) but 
these are not cycleroutes, just as destinations for cars on roadsigns 
are not carroutes.

On the OCM there are different things highlighted.
- in blue dashed lines: cycleways (highway=cycleway)
- in red (solid on zoom <= 12, opaque on zoom > 12): national (leisure) 
cycleroutes
- in light blue: regional cycleroutes
- in dark blue: local cycleroutes
These are described on [3] and have specific signposts showing the 
route and intermediate points.

[1] 
http://bicycledutch.wordpress.com/2012/04/23/looking-down-on-cyclists/
[2] http://www.alleplaatsenopdefiets.nl/images/wegwijzer.jpg
[3] 
http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/WikiProject_Nederlandse_Fietsroutes

Regards,
Maarten