I had a look at them after downloading them using Overpass API and started making them continuous where they were 'broken'. So I went ahead and also converted them all to rcn.
Jo On Thu, Sep 3, 2020 at 9:41 AM Jo <winfi...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Joost, > > In Flanders it depended more on topology than anything else. We used: > > lcn: for loops > rcn: for the numbered node networks, this logic was taken to rwn and rhn > later on > ncn: for long routes going from A to B (LFx) and then later for the Fxxx > cycle highways > icn: for European routes going from A to B > > In Brussels rcn doesn't seem to be used and those routes are topologically > more similar to the numbered routes system used in Flanders and Wallonia. > > I agree with you that it makes more sense to tag them as rcn. > > Jo > > On Thu, Sep 3, 2020 at 9:14 AM joost schouppe <joost.schou...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> I was always a little confused that the regional cycle network is mapped >> as lcn in Brussels. Since this network is organized by Brussels-the-region, >> not Brussels-the-city, it seems logical that it should have the rcn tag. In >> fact, more so than the Flemish cycle node network, which is composed of >> several networks and almost by coincidence covers the region. >> >> This is also what we say in the wiki: >> >> https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/WikiProject_Belgium/Conventions/Cycle_Routes#Itin.C3.A9raires_Cyclables_R.C3.A9gionaux_-_Gewestelijke_Fietsroute >> >> But the example given there (https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/9623 >> I believe), is now mapped as an lcn. >> >> Looking at the edit history, it looks like there was a minor edit war >> about this, where user RoRay repeatedly changed it from rcn to lcn >> https://www.openstreetmap.org/changeset/8141976 >> https://www.openstreetmap.org/changeset/12902663 >> (RoRay is still mapping, still using the not-very helpful default >> changeset description "update") >> >> User BenoitL tried to change it back to rcn (with much better changeset >> comments :) - https://www.openstreetmap.org/changeset/12849599), but I >> guess he gave up. Polyglot later seems to have mapped most of the other >> routes; my guess is he just went with lcn because that's how the others >> were mapped. >> >> Apart from the network not showing up when it should on some maps, it >> doesn't really matter much. However, bxl-forever is now mapping -actual- >> lcn routes in the Brussels region, operated by Anderlecht municipality. >> Example: https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/11544325 >> Putting both types of routes in the same level is just wrong IMHO. >> >> Can anyone provide some more context? Based on my own research, I'd >> suggest we simply retag all the regional operated routes from lcn to rcn. >> >> Best, >> Joost Schouppe >> _______________________________________________ >> Talk-be mailing list >> Talk-be@openstreetmap.org >> https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-be >> >
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