Re: [Talk-us] Path/Cycleway/Footway/Track
On 5/7/10 3:50 PM, Val Kartchner wrote: The descriptions on the wiki are quite ambiguous as to when to use path, track, cycleway, footway or bridleway. There aren't any places around here that I've tagged as bridleway, so I'll leave that one alone for now. Otherwise, here is the criteria that I have been using: Path: Unpaved, narrow way in the foothills or mountains. Track: Unpaved, way wide enough for a vehicle. Cycleway: Paved, usually urban and asphault, way designated for use by bicycles. Footway: Paved, usually concrete, way designated primarily for use by pedestrians. Are these good definitions? If so, let's modify the wiki to be unambiguous. path is generally narrow. i don't think that any particular surface is implied. it gets used to a degree in the US, at least, to represent multiuse trails, e.g. highway=path bicycle=designated foot=designated surface=paved i think that explicit surface tags are probably a good idea, and i know some trails in the map that probably need to have them added, i'll add that to my list. highway=cycleway highway=footway correspond, normally, to highway=path combined with the appropriate bicycle or foot tag. the other thing that's commonly seen for multi-use paths is one of these: highway=cycleway foot=yes and highway=footway bicycle=yes richard ___ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us
[Talk-us] Trail Route Relationships
I know that the current preferred method for tagging trail routes is with relationships. However, I don't know whether or not to assign names to the segments of the trails. The wiki doesn't seem to specify, at least not that I've found, so I'll ask here. Around Ogden, several cities have their own trail systems. The main trail in the foothills is called the Bonneville Shoreline Trail, along the Weber River is the Weber River Parkway, along the Ogden River is the Ogden River Parkway. Where these three trail systems make a loop around Ogden, it is called the Centennial Trail. Some parts of these trails use streets as part of the trail. Which levels should be assigned as the name for each trail segment? The rest will be used in the name for the route relationships? Once I get an answer, I'll change the trails for consistency. - Val - ___ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us
Re: [Talk-us] Path/Cycleway/Footway/Track
this is an old topic on talk and never a final agreement. changing the wiki might create big discussions I agree with your definition and use it the same way. On Fri, May 7, 2010 at 12:50 PM, Val Kartchner val...@gmail.com wrote: The descriptions on the wiki are quite ambiguous as to when to use path, track, cycleway, footway or bridleway. There aren't any places around here that I've tagged as bridleway, so I'll leave that one alone for now. Otherwise, here is the criteria that I have been using: Path: Unpaved, narrow way in the foothills or mountains. Track: Unpaved, way wide enough for a vehicle. Cycleway: Paved, usually urban and asphault, way designated for use by bicycles. Footway: Paved, usually concrete, way designated primarily for use by pedestrians. Are these good definitions? If so, let's modify the wiki to be unambiguous. - Val - ___ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us ___ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us
