Re: [OSM-talk] Cycle lanes cycle tracks - my findings and a proposal

2012-05-26 Thread Martin Koppenhoefer
Am 25.05.2012 um 10:20 schrieb Felix Hartmann extremecar...@gmail.com: p.s. Personally I feel that cycle TRACKS would be much easier to map if drawn as a separate highway=cycleway No, no,no,no If we want to change it, then we should a) wait for the editors to support proper lane

Re: [OSM-talk] Cycle lanes cycle tracks - my findings and a proposal

2012-05-26 Thread Rob Nickerson
Thanks Martin, Yes, exactly right; I spent the time to do my research and also wrote up a brief introduction to cycle tracks vs lanes. As suggested this has now been moved to the 'tagging' mailing list so feel free to follow the topic there. I'm a little concerned at how much the scope has

Re: [OSM-talk] Cycle lanes cycle tracks - my findings and a proposal

2012-05-25 Thread Felix Hartmann
p.s. Personally I feel that cycle TRACKS would be much easier to map if drawn as a separate highway=cycleway (despite any challenges the renderers and routers currently have with this) - it just makes things a lot easier!! No, no,no,no As for changing the cycleway key values: If

Re: [OSM-talk] Cycle lanes cycle tracks - my findings and a proposal

2012-05-22 Thread Martin Koppenhoefer
2012/5/21 Rob Nickerson rob.j.nicker...@gmail.com: p.s. Personally I feel that cycle TRACKS would be much easier to map if drawn as a separate highway=cycleway (despite any challenges the renderers and routers currently have with this) - it just makes things a lot easier!! +1, it is also more

Re: [OSM-talk] Cycle lanes cycle tracks - my findings and a proposal

2012-05-22 Thread Lester Caine
Martin Koppenhoefer wrote: 2012/5/21 Rob Nickersonrob.j.nicker...@gmail.com: p.s. Personally I feel that cycle TRACKS would be much easier to map if drawn as a separate highway=cycleway (despite any challenges the renderers and routers currently have with this) - it just makes things a lot

Re: [OSM-talk] Cycle lanes cycle tracks - my findings and a proposal

2012-05-22 Thread colliar
On 22/05/12 12:13, Lester Caine wrote: Martin Koppenhoefer wrote: 2012/5/21 Rob Nickersonrob.j.nicker...@gmail.com: p.s. Personally I feel that cycle TRACKS would be much easier to map if drawn as a separate highway=cycleway (despite any challenges the renderers and routers currently have

Re: [OSM-talk] Cycle lanes cycle tracks - my findings and a proposal

2012-05-22 Thread Janko Mihelić
2012/5/22 colliar colliar4e...@aol.com The major problem I have with splitting cycleways of the highway is the missing reference to the highway. In Germany you have to use a cycleway by law (with some exceptions) and if the cycleway and the highway are mapped as two highways I do not get the

Re: [OSM-talk] Cycle lanes cycle tracks - my findings and a proposal

2012-05-22 Thread Lester Caine
colliar wrote: On 22/05/12 12:13, Lester Caine wrote: Martin Koppenhoefer wrote: 2012/5/21 Rob Nickersonrob.j.nicker...@gmail.com: p.s. Personally I feel that cycle TRACKS would be much easier to map if drawn as a separate highway=cycleway (despite any challenges the renderers and

Re: [OSM-talk] Cycle lanes cycle tracks - my findings and a proposal

2012-05-22 Thread Martin Koppenhoefer
2012/5/22 Janko Mihelić jan...@gmail.com: 2012/5/22 colliar colliar4e...@aol.com The major problem I have with splitting cycleways of the highway is the missing reference to the highway. In Germany you have to use a cycleway by law (with some exceptions) and if the cycleway and the highway are

Re: [Talk-GB] [OSM-talk] Cycle lanes cycle tracks - my findings and a proposal

2012-05-22 Thread Lester Caine
Martin Koppenhoefer wrote: 2012/5/21 Rob Nickersonrob.j.nicker...@gmail.com: p.s. Personally I feel that cycle TRACKS would be much easier to map if drawn as a separate highway=cycleway (despite any challenges the renderers and routers currently have with this) - it just makes things a lot

Re: [Talk-GB] [OSM-talk] Cycle lanes cycle tracks - my findings and a proposal

2012-05-22 Thread Stephen Colebourne
On 22 May 2012 11:13, Lester Caine les...@lsces.co.uk wrote: Personally I think we are reaching the point in a lot of areas where representing a complex road as a single way simply because it's easier for the renderers and routers is becoming a hindrance generally. Adding tags for sidewalk,

[OSM-talk] Cycle lanes cycle tracks - my findings and a proposal

2012-05-21 Thread Rob Nickerson
As part of improving the wiki pages on UK tagging guidelines, I wanted to add details about cycle lanes and cycle tracks. As seen in this mailing list, I quickly got confused. I want to take this opportunity to share my findings. 1. cycleway key. I found the current cycleway key to be confusing.