On Wed, Dec 31, 2008 at 10:09 PM, James Ewen <[email protected]> wrote: > On Wed, Dec 31, 2008 at 2:55 PM, Maxwell Lucas <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> So I'm working on mapping mountain bike and hiking trails, and I've noticed >> that ways tagged highway=path don't render on the Cycle Map layer. There's a >> dearth of info about the cycle map renderer on the wiki. Should I just tag >> trails highway=footway in the meantime? > > The mantra is: "Never tag for the renderers."
A worringly common incorrect interpretation of the mantra - the mantra is never tag things *incorrectly* to make it *look right* on the renderer. If there's more than one way to tag a feature, by all means feel free to use the one supported by the most renderers. Cheers, Andy _______________________________________________ newbies mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/newbies
