Re: [OSM-talk] how to map this? cycleway or footpath?

2009-09-17 Thread Ben Laenen
Andy Allan wrote: > On Wed, Sep 16, 2009 at 11:11 PM, Roy Wallace wrote: > > On Thu, Sep 17, 2009 at 12:42 AM, Valent Turkovic > > > > wrote: > >> How do you differentiate from path and footpath tag? What is the > >> difference between them? Can you show me an example? > > > > As the wiki says, b

Re: [OSM-talk] how to map this? cycleway or footpath?

2009-09-17 Thread Andy Allan
On Wed, Sep 16, 2009 at 11:11 PM, Roy Wallace wrote: > On Thu, Sep 17, 2009 at 12:42 AM, Valent Turkovic > wrote: >> >> How do you differentiate from path and footpath tag? What is the >> difference between them? Can you show me an example? > > As the wiki says, briefly: > > highway=path is "a ge

Re: [OSM-talk] how to map this? cycleway or footpath?

2009-09-16 Thread Roy Wallace
On Thu, Sep 17, 2009 at 8:30 AM, Martin Koppenhoefer wrote: > 2009/9/16 Shaun McDonald : > >> Oh please don't reopen the debate about the highway=path tag. Please read >> the archives, there are some very, very, very long topics on this recently. > > I missed that as I was in holiday. What did you

Re: [OSM-talk] how to map this? cycleway or footpath?

2009-09-16 Thread Martin Koppenhoefer
2009/9/16 Shaun McDonald : > Oh please don't reopen the debate about the highway=path tag. Please read > the archives, there are some very, very, very long topics on this recently. I missed that as I was in holiday. What did you agree on? cheers, Martin _

Re: [OSM-talk] how to map this? cycleway or footpath?

2009-09-16 Thread Martin Koppenhoefer
2009/9/10 Frankie Roberto : > 2009/9/10 Valent Turkovic >> >> Hi, >> how should I map this - >> http://www.flickr.com/photos/valent_turkovic/3900795904/ > > Seeing as it looks like the cycleway and footpath are complete segregated > (by a clear gutter, not just a painted line), you could always dr

Re: [OSM-talk] how to map this? cycleway or footpath?

2009-09-16 Thread Roy Wallace
On Thu, Sep 17, 2009 at 12:42 AM, Valent Turkovic wrote: > > How do you differentiate from path and footpath tag? What is the > difference between them? Can you show me an example? As the wiki says, briefly: highway=path is "a generic path" (i.e. any path) highway=footway (not "footpath") is "a

Re: [OSM-talk] how to map this? cycleway or footpath?

2009-09-16 Thread Shaun McDonald
On 16 Sep 2009, at 15:42, Valent Turkovic wrote: On Thu, 10 Sep 2009 13:14:15 +0200, Ben Laenen wrote: The only thing highway=path says is that wide vehicles like cars can't drive there. How do you differentiate from path and footpath tag? What is the difference between them? Can you show

Re: [OSM-talk] how to map this? cycleway or footpath?

2009-09-16 Thread Valent Turkovic
On Thu, 10 Sep 2009 12:10:48 +0200, Marc Schütz wrote: > I would suggest using segregated=yes/no, as described on the bottom of > this page: http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:access%3Ddesignated Is this tag in use? I haven't seen it widely used... is there a reason why people don't use it?

Re: [OSM-talk] how to map this? cycleway or footpath?

2009-09-16 Thread Valent Turkovic
On Thu, 10 Sep 2009 13:14:15 +0200, Ben Laenen wrote: > The only thing highway=path says is that wide vehicles like cars can't > drive there. How do you differentiate from path and footpath tag? What is the difference between them? Can you show me an example? -- pratite me na twitteru - www.

Re: [OSM-talk] how to map this? cycleway or footpath?

2009-09-11 Thread Richard Mann
Eagerness should be channelled, not suppressed. Richard On Fri, Sep 11, 2009 at 12:34 AM, Jason Cunningham wrote: > And I would be tempted to tag it > highway=footway > graffiti=yes > > I am beginning to think cycleway gets added by eager cyclists far more > often than should really happen. >

Re: [OSM-talk] how to map this? cycleway or footpath?

2009-09-10 Thread Jason Cunningham
And I would be tempted to tag it highway=footway graffiti=yes I am beginning to think cycleway gets added by eager cyclists far more often than should really happen. Jason Cunningham user:jamicu 2009/9/10 Roy Wallace > On Thu, Sep 10, 2009 at 9:59 PM, James Livingston wrote: > > > > I don't

Re: [OSM-talk] how to map this? cycleway or footpath?

2009-09-10 Thread Roy Wallace
On Thu, Sep 10, 2009 at 9:59 PM, James Livingston wrote: > > I don't really want to get into this argument again, but I believe > that either we're going to end up with local rules for the access > mappings, or some regions are going to have to tag every single > cycleway/footway with overrides.

Re: [OSM-talk] how to map this? cycleway or footpath?

2009-09-10 Thread James Livingston
On 10/09/2009, at 9:01 PM, Sybren A. Stüvel wrote: > Perhaps my perspective is very Dutch, as here in NL you are always > allowed to walk on a cycleway. When a pedestrian sees a cycleway on > the map she'll know that she can walk on it and use it as a footpath. > However, when a cyclist sees a foot

[OSM-talk] how to map this? cycleway or footpath?

2009-09-10 Thread Lauri Kytömaa
I think we've seen (several times) the different meanings given in the wiki guidelines in different languages/ for different countries; there's little to gain from discussing them over again _until_ someone makes a proposal to clear the issue with well written explanations. But I want to note

Re: [OSM-talk] how to map this? cycleway or footpath?

2009-09-10 Thread Roy Wallace
On Thu, Sep 10, 2009 at 8:46 PM, James Livingston wrote: > > Most of the arguments I saw in the previous debate stemmed from two > questions: > * If a path can be used by both cyclists and pedestrians but has no > signage (or has signage for both), should it be footway or cycleway? > * What does *

Re: [OSM-talk] how to map this? cycleway or footpath?

2009-09-10 Thread Roy Wallace
On Thu, Sep 10, 2009 at 9:02 PM, Shaun McDonald wrote: > > This isn't a highway=path since the surface is tarmac. This is irrelevant. Highway=path does not make any implication on surface: http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:highway%3Dpath ___ talk

Re: [OSM-talk] how to map this? cycleway or footpath?

2009-09-10 Thread Lennard
Shaun McDonald wrote: > This isn't a highway=path since the surface is tarmac. highway=path + surface=tarmac Plenty of <=1 meter wide paths around that have concrete/tarmac/asphalt surfaces, for instance. From all the discussion in the past year, or at least since the invention of =designate

Re: [OSM-talk] how to map this? cycleway or footpath?

2009-09-10 Thread Ben Laenen
Shaun McDonald wrote: > On 10 Sep 2009, at 11:21, Roy Wallace wrote: > > I'd use highway=path; bicycle=designated; foot=designated > > (foot=designated if you feel that the concrete on the left of the > > divider has been "specially designated" for pedestrians, otherwise I'd > > use foot=yes) > > T

Re: [OSM-talk] how to map this? cycleway or footpath?

2009-09-10 Thread Sybren A . Stüvel
On Thu, Sep 10, 2009 at 08:46:50PM +1000, James Livingston wrote: > I think the first question mostly was the cyclists wanting cycleway > and the non-cyclists wanting footway. Both ways are perfectly valid, > and I can't see either being picked without flipping a coin. Perhaps my perspective is ve

Re: [OSM-talk] how to map this? cycleway or footpath?

2009-09-10 Thread Shaun McDonald
On 10 Sep 2009, at 11:21, Roy Wallace wrote: On Thu, Sep 10, 2009 at 8:05 PM, John Smith wrote: 2009/9/10 James Livingston : Because of the presence of the bicycle symbol on the ground, I'd say highway=cycleway;bicycle=designated;foot=yes. If that wasn't there, I'd say footway=yes;bicycle=

Re: [OSM-talk] how to map this? cycleway or footpath?

2009-09-10 Thread James Livingston
On 10/09/2009, at 8:32 PM, David Earl wrote: > Therein lies the problem with each of these debates that comes up > every couple of months - while everyone would agree* that cycleways > accommodate cyclists, the rules vary around the world about what > else is allowed by default. > > I don't s

Re: [OSM-talk] how to map this? cycleway or footpath?

2009-09-10 Thread David Earl
On 10/09/2009 11:29, John Smith wrote: > Seems like a silly argument for requiring redundency when it's implied anyway. > > Most path ways in Australia ... Therein lies the problem with each of these debates that comes up every couple of months - while everyone would agree* that cycleways ac

Re: [OSM-talk] how to map this? cycleway or footpath?

2009-09-10 Thread John Smith
2009/9/10 James Livingston : > I do too. However after the last discussion a lot of people seemed to > think it only implied bicycle=yes not bicycle=designated, so I'd add > it explicitly because of the designation marking on the ground. Of > course, I don't think anyone agreed on what designated

Re: [OSM-talk] how to map this? cycleway or footpath?

2009-09-10 Thread Roy Wallace
On Thu, Sep 10, 2009 at 8:05 PM, John Smith wrote: > 2009/9/10 James Livingston : > >> Because of the presence of the bicycle symbol on the ground, I'd say >> highway=cycleway;bicycle=designated;foot=yes. If that wasn't there, >> I'd say footway=yes;bicycle=yes > > Isn't that redundent? > > I assu

Re: [OSM-talk] how to map this? cycleway or footpath?

2009-09-10 Thread James Livingston
On 10/09/2009, at 8:05 PM, John Smith wrote: > 2009/9/10 James Livingston : >> Because of the presence of the bicycle symbol on the ground, I'd say >> highway=cycleway;bicycle=designated;foot=yes. If that wasn't there, >> I'd say footway=yes;bicycle=yes > > Isn't that redundent? > > I assume highwa

Re: [OSM-talk] how to map this? cycleway or footpath?

2009-09-10 Thread Marc Schütz
> highway=cycleway > foot=yes > cycleway=separated (not a Map Features value) > > I acknowledge a personal bias towards mapping for cyclists, others will > disagree. My rationale is: As a cyclist, I am looking for cycleways on the > map. As a pedestrian, I'd like to know if I can got for a nice qu

Re: [OSM-talk] how to map this? cycleway or footpath?

2009-09-10 Thread Frankie Roberto
2009/9/10 Valent Turkovic > Hi, > how should I map this - > http://www.flickr.com/photos/valent_turkovic/3900795904/ > Seeing as it looks like the cycleway and footpath are complete segregated (by a clear gutter, not just a painted line), you could always draw two parallel ways, one tagged as a

Re: [OSM-talk] how to map this? cycleway or footpath?

2009-09-10 Thread John Smith
2009/9/10 James Livingston : > Because of the presence of the bicycle symbol on the ground, I'd say > highway=cycleway;bicycle=designated;foot=yes. If that wasn't there, > I'd say footway=yes;bicycle=yes Isn't that redundent? I assume highway=cycleway to imply bicycle=designated ___

Re: [OSM-talk] how to map this? cycleway or footpath?

2009-09-10 Thread James Livingston
On 10/09/2009, at 7:01 PM, Valent Turkovic wrote: > how should I map this - > http://www.flickr.com/photos/valent_turkovic/3900795904/ > > highway=cycleway + pedestrian=yes > > OR > > highway=footway + bicycle=yes > > Are these two the same? What is the difference? Be prepared for a long drawn ou

Re: [OSM-talk] how to map this? cycleway or footpath?

2009-09-10 Thread Liz
On Thu, 10 Sep 2009, Valent Turkovic wrote: > Hi, > how should I map this - > http://www.flickr.com/photos/valent_turkovic/3900795904/ > > highway=cycleway + pedestrian=yes > > OR > > highway=footway + bicycle=yes > > Are these two the same? What is the difference? Valent thank you for your questio

Re: [OSM-talk] how to map this? cycleway or footpath?

2009-09-10 Thread osm
Valent Turkovic wrote: > Hi, > how should I map this - > http://www.flickr.com/photos/valent_turkovic/3900795904/ > > highway=cycleway + pedestrian=yes > > OR > > highway=footway + bicycle=yes > > Are these two the same? What is the difference? > > I prefer highway=cycleway + foot=yes. Cheers,

Re: [OSM-talk] how to map this? cycleway or footpath?

2009-09-10 Thread Mike Collinson
highway=cycleway foot=yes cycleway=separated (not a Map Features value) I acknowledge a personal bias towards mapping for cyclists, others will disagree. My rationale is: As a cyclist, I am looking for cycleways on the map. As a pedestrian, I'd like to know if I can got for a nice quiet meander

Re: [OSM-talk] how to map this? cycleway or footpath?

2009-09-10 Thread Gregory Williams
September 2009 10:02 > To: Talk Openstreetmap > Subject: [OSM-talk] how to map this? cycleway or footpath? > > Hi, > how should I map this - > http://www.flickr.com/photos/valent_turkovic/3900795904/ > > highway=cycleway + pedestrian=yes > > OR > > highway=footwa

[OSM-talk] how to map this? cycleway or footpath?

2009-09-10 Thread Valent Turkovic
Hi, how should I map this - http://www.flickr.com/photos/valent_turkovic/3900795904/ highway=cycleway + pedestrian=yes OR highway=footway + bicycle=yes Are these two the same? What is the difference? -- pratite me na twitteru - www.twitter.com/valentt http://kernelreloaded.blog385.com/ linux,