Re: [OSM-talk-be] cycling allong the R4 in Gent

2020-04-10 Thread joost schouppe
Hi, These tagging issues always make me uncomfortable :) Against "use_sidepath" in this case: - it's a trunk road, so no cycling anyway (Wouter) - the cycle path can be seen as just a path that happens to be near the R4; it doesn't -really- have a relation with the road itself (escada on Riot) -

Re: [OSM-talk-be] cycling allong the R4 in Gent

2020-04-09 Thread Pieter Vander Vennet
Hey everyone, We are doing a lot of cycle route planning. 'use_sidepath' is a very clear hint to us and interpreted as 'don't use', in order to force the cyclist over the cyclepath just next to it. So please, do add them! Mvg, Pieter On 09.04.20 12:27, Jo wrote: > Since both the highway and the

Re: [OSM-talk-be] cycling allong the R4 in Gent

2020-04-09 Thread Jo
Since both the highway and the cycleway are separate (mostly parallel) 'entities' in OSM, I think it does make sense to use bicycle=use_sidepath. For routing purposes, it's probably not needed, while editing in JOSM and for highlighting using MapCSS it is handy to have the tags directly on the

Re: [OSM-talk-be] cycling allong the R4 in Gent

2020-04-09 Thread Wouter Hamelinck
Hi, All three are correct in my opinion. Tbh, I've never really understood the use of use_sidepath. The only case where it contains really helpful information for me is when that alternative is not mapped. But then there is a more efficient solution... But I don't really have anything for or

[OSM-talk-be] cycling allong the R4 in Gent

2020-04-09 Thread joost schouppe
Hi, When working on a data extract for the Gents Milieu Front, I stumbled opun this situation: On most of the trunk part of the R4, you cannot cycle. This is expressed in the following ways: bicycle=no (example https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/306470852) bicycle=use_sidepath (example