Re: [Talk-GB] What is needed for something to be classified as a 'cycle route' (London)

2020-12-15 Thread Simon Still
> On 15 Dec 2020, at 17:39, Andy Allan wrote: > > es. > > * Not all bike paths are part of a larger signed cycling route. > * Not all bike lanes are part of a larger signed cycling route. But any cycle infrastructure that DOES exist - eg short sections of protected cycleway - will be picked

Re: [Talk-GB] What is needed for something to be classified as a 'cycle route' (London)

2020-12-15 Thread Simon Still
> On 15 Dec 2020, at 14:35, Robert Skedgell wrote: > > If 1057 is used on a carriageway > rather than on a lane or track, it presumably indicates a route, > although TSRGD 2016 does not elaborate upon this - is there an LTN which > does? Not by any means. 1057’s are the ‘go-to’ way to DO SOME

[Talk-GB] What is needed for something to be classified as a 'cycle route' (London)

2020-12-15 Thread Simon Still
See discussion on https://www.openstreetmap.org/changeset/95752985#map=18/51.46201/-0.12146&layers=C There appear to be a large number of sections of road in some areas of London tagged as ‘cycle route’ that a

Re: [Talk-GB] Tagging bike ramp/ bike path down steps

2020-12-14 Thread Simon Still
I’d agree with your approach and I’ve raised this before, but haven’t had the time to come back to it. From a routing perspective it would be useful to be able to tag ACCESSIBILITY - ie sections of route that are unsuitable for some users - not related to the legality but so that disabled cy

Re: [Talk-GB] Tagging bike ramp/ bike path down steps

2020-12-14 Thread Simon Still
> On 13 Dec 2020, at 19:18, Edward Catmur via Talk-GB > wrote: > On Sun, 13 Dec 2020, 19:14 David Woolley, > wrote: > On 13/12/2020 19:05, Edward Catmur via Talk-GB wrote: > > Also, the steps should have bicycle=dismount, not =yes. This will allow > > people

Re: [Talk-GB] Tagging of shared use paths

2020-12-10 Thread Simon Still
> On 10 Dec 2020, at 14:13, John Aldridge wrote: > > On 12/10/2020 12:41 PM, Ken Kilfedder wrote: >> As a break from 'tagging for the renderer', I'd like to see rendering for >> the tags. > > A long standing grump of mine! And mine. I think the CycleMap render has a lot of issues with clari

Re: [Talk-GB] Bridleway across field

2020-12-08 Thread Simon Still
> On 8 Dec 2020, at 14:20, SK53 > wrote: > Personally I do not generally map PRoWs which have no on-the-ground traces > (particularly after my experience > > in Carmathenshire in 20

Re: [Talk-GB] Bridleway across field

2020-12-08 Thread Simon Still
Should be recorded as per the definitive map - lots like that across welsh hilltops etc. I’ve used a gps to follow them in the fog before > On 8 Dec 2020, at 09:36, Mark Lee via Talk-GB > wrote: > > Hello. I've just added a missing public bridleway > (https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/88227

[Talk-GB] London's COVID infrastructure and Low Traffic Neighbourhoods

2020-08-29 Thread Simon Still
A couple of blog posts on London Cycling Campaign that may be of interest finding-your-way-on-londons-cycle-infrastructure-1 signage-and-wayfinding Low

Re: [Talk-GB] National Cycle Network removal/reclassification

2020-08-15 Thread Simon Still
> On 14 Aug 2020, at 20:44, David Woolley wrote: > > On 14/08/2020 19:14, Simon Still wrote: >> I’m not sure that’s actually a legal status that changes anything - >> pedestrians have priority on all shared use paths so not sure that tag would >> add anything

Re: [Talk-GB] National Cycle Network removal/reclassification

2020-08-14 Thread Simon Still
> On 14 Aug 2020, at 16:47, Ken Kilfedder wrote: > > I believe most of the canal towpaths are 'pedestrian priority' too - at least > there are signs to that effect all over the place. Well worth tagging them > to that effect if true. I’m not sure that’s actually a legal status that changes

Re: [Talk-GB] National Cycle Network removal/reclassification

2020-08-14 Thread Simon Still
> On 14 Aug 2020, at 09:31, Robert Skedgell wrote: > > On 13/08/2020 15:41, Simon Still wrote: >> >> In my view there is definitely scope to look at adding more info to >> cycle routes/tracks/cycleways to give more information to routing >> algorithms about

Re: [Talk-GB] National Cycle Network removal/reclassification

2020-08-13 Thread Simon Still
> On 13 Aug 2020, at 11:41, Robert Whittaker (OSM lists) > wrote: > > On Sat, 18 Jul 2020 at 14:49, Richard Fairhurst wrote: >> ... However, note that the "removed" > sections mostly won't be reflected on the ground yet. Also, the > dataset isn't perfect, as there's at least one bit near me w

Re: [Talk-GB] Electric vehicle charging points

2020-07-21 Thread Simon Still Gmail
I’ve been adding them in My area. The tagging is established Sent from my iPhone > On 21 Jul 2020, at 12:00, Mark Goodge wrote: > > Do we map electric vehicle charging points? If not, should we? > > None of the ones in my town are on OSM, at the moment. I could add them, but > it seems a bi

Re: [Talk-GB] Cycle Track - part/soft protection tags - proposal

2020-06-19 Thread Simon Still
Try this - description and photo of each type I’ve identified. Most of these photos are London infra, many COVID emergency meausres https://docs.google.com/document/d/1VL0MmHJoapd4JRgDhow0el2H06IJNsK-8KycxtWSaEw/edit?usp=sharing

Re: [Talk-GB] COVID road changes

2020-06-16 Thread Simon Still
>Temporary and experimental traffic orders may include a date on which >the expire or have to be reviewed, so that could perhaps be tagged? >None of the orders which I have seen have explicitly mentioned Covid-19, >but any suggestions about how to tag these would be useful. A COVID-19 tag - or #

[Talk-GB] Cycle Track - part/soft protection tags - proposal

2020-06-16 Thread Simon Still
Full disclosure - I’m currently working for London Cycling Campaign on a project to bring data from the Transport For London Cycling Infrastructure Database to OSM. As part of this the question arose as to how to tag cycle facilities that are give more protection and comfort than a painted lane