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

[Paul Johnson]

On May 9, 2012 11:27 AM, "Cartinus" <cartinus at xs4all.nl> wrote:
>
> On 05/09/2012 10:54 AM, Richard Mann wrote:
> > Obviously, OCM can render what it likes, but I think this neatly
> > illustrates that OSM tagging of cycle routes is missing a trick or two.
>
> The first map in your mail is the kind of map civil servants use in
> their policy documents. In other words completely useless to anybody in
> their daily lives.
>
> OCM shows what's really important:
> * The dotted blue lines are all the cycleways.
> * The rest of the blue stuff is where people cycle recreationally.

The dotted blue lines are often designated paths.  The rest of the blue
stuff is often primarily transportation oriented.
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