I live on the other side of town, Orleans, cycle paths are a problem area
in that the city is adding a fair chunk each year but their licensing is
problematic so the best way to capture them is by local knowledge. Local
knowledge is also best for the new developments as well. Bing etc can be
three years or more out of date.
Tags, the more consistency there is the easier it is to render so I'd go
with the wiki's suggestion. The city's paths in the parks are multi-use
except where cycles are signed no cycling. That was arrived at with the
help of a city official responsible for cycling when asked the question
about Apollo Crater Park. If you look at the official city map at Apollo
Crater Park the city official cycling map shows some paths as cycle paths
and some are not, yet on the ground there is very little difference,
possibly some are very slightly wider.
Welcome to OSM by the way.
Cheerio John
On 28 April 2012 09:48, Daniel Marques rj.dan...@gmail.com wrote:
Hi I would like to introduce myself to the group. I currently live in
Kanata, I've been mapping trails and paths in Kanata while biking, as
many other users do as hobby, I thought it would be interesting to add
those unmapped trails somewhere and I found OSM project.
Basically I'd like to check if I'm doing it all right.
Talking about mixed paths where both walking and biking is allowed, I
was following the same descriptions of nearby paths, i.e.
highway=footpath; bicycle=yes, but I found in the wiki that it is
better set them as highway=path, bicycle=yes, foot=yes. That means
updating several existing paths. Is that okay?
Also we have some recognized mountain bike trails as result of a great
work carried by the Ottawa Mountain Bike Association. I'd like to add
trail names and other mtb related info.
Finally I'm adjusting some natural features like green areas that had
been reduced due development, new construction sites and clear cuts.
Some areas already have streets and houses mapped, some are
recognisable on bing aerial images but some aren't. I'm just concerned
about the lack of official source, since in some cases the source is
what I see.
I appreciate any help or guideline.
http://www.openstreetmap.org/user/dfmarx/edits
http://www.openstreetmap.org/user/dfmarx/traces
Cheers,
Daniel Marques
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