'Greenways' does have a specific meaning in England - doubtless subtly different from whatever the Canadian definition is! But they can all be covered, IMHO, by the tags usually used in England without introducing an additional one. Usually they are permissive ways for pedestrians and bicycles - usually in urban / suburban /near urban areas. Sometimes they coincide with a public right of way but they are usually additional.
Mike Harris > -----Original Message----- > From: Sam Vekemans [mailto:acrosscanadatra...@gmail.com] > Sent: 02 December 2009 18:41 > To: Steve Bennett > Cc: talk@openstreetmap.org; Tim Hoskin; i...@tctrail.ca > Subject: Re: [OSM-talk] Good routing vs legal routing (was: > Path vs footwayvs cycleway vs...) > > Hi all, > just jumping in here, on my show today (if i have time) im > going to talk about 'greenways' and how this concept works, > and highlights a challenge for mapping. (path vs. Cycleway > vs. Footway vs. Bridleway) > > Cheers, > Sam > > ustream.tv/channel/acrosscanadatra > tinychat.com/acrosscanada > 6pm PST today > > > On 11/30/09, Steve Bennett <stevag...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On Tue, Dec 1, 2009 at 12:42 PM, Anthony <o...@inbox.org> wrote: > > > >> Interesting. I don't know if I agree with that or not. I > certainly > >> don't want to be involved in a project which encourages people to > >> break the law, since encouraging people to break the law > is in itself > >> against the law where I live. > >> > > > > If it helps you sleep better, presume that riding on a > bike-prohibited > > footpath actually means dismounting and walking with the bike :) > > > > IMHO many places that the maps will say bikes aren't allowed will > > actually be grey areas. It's perfectly appropriate to leave that > > decision to the user, with appropriate caveats. (Pretty easy to do: > > the cue sheet can say > > "Note: This section is not marked as legal for bicycles. Please > > respect your local laws.") > > > > Steve > > PS Before anyone gets the wrong idea, I'm not some kind of biking > > hoon. I don't advocate riding at high speed through > > pedestrian-frequented areas, on footpaths etc. I'm more > interested in > > finding places to ride that people hadn't thought of, rather than > > using paths that have been explicitly ruled out. > > > > > -- > Twitter: @Acrosscanada > Blog: http://Acrosscanadatrails.blogspot.com > Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/sam.vekemans > Skype: samvekemans > OpenStreetMap IRC: http://irc.openstreetmap.org @Acrosscanadatrails > > > _______________________________________________ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
