I live on the other side of town, Orleans, cycle paths are a problem area in that the city is adding a fair chunk each year but their licensing is problematic so the best way to capture them is by local knowledge. Local knowledge is also best for the new developments as well. Bing etc can be three years or more out of date.
Tags, the more consistency there is the easier it is to render so I'd go with the wiki's suggestion. The city's paths in the parks are multi-use except where cycles are signed no cycling. That was arrived at with the help of a city official responsible for cycling when asked the question about Apollo Crater Park. If you look at the official city map at Apollo Crater Park the city official cycling map shows some paths as cycle paths and some are not, yet on the ground there is very little difference, possibly some are very slightly wider. Welcome to OSM by the way. Cheerio John On 28 April 2012 09:48, Daniel Marques <rj.dan...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi I would like to introduce myself to the group. I currently live in > Kanata, I've been mapping trails and paths in Kanata while biking, as > many other users do as hobby, I thought it would be interesting to add > those unmapped trails somewhere and I found OSM project. > Basically I'd like to check if I'm doing it all right. > > Talking about mixed paths where both walking and biking is allowed, I > was following the same descriptions of nearby paths, i.e. > highway=footpath; bicycle=yes, but I found in the wiki that it is > better set them as highway=path, bicycle=yes, foot=yes. That means > updating several existing paths. Is that okay? > > Also we have some recognized mountain bike trails as result of a great > work carried by the Ottawa Mountain Bike Association. I'd like to add > trail names and other mtb related info. > > Finally I'm adjusting some natural features like green areas that had > been reduced due development, new construction sites and clear cuts. > Some areas already have streets and houses mapped, some are > recognisable on bing aerial images but some aren't. I'm just concerned > about the lack of official source, since in some cases the source is > what I see. > > I appreciate any help or guideline. > > http://www.openstreetmap.org/user/dfmarx/edits > http://www.openstreetmap.org/user/dfmarx/traces > > Cheers, > > Daniel Marques > > _______________________________________________ > Talk-ca mailing list > Talk-ca@openstreetmap.org > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ca >
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