On Tue, Jul 28, 2009 at 11:12 AM, Richard Mann<richard.mann.westoxf...@googlemail.com> wrote: > While "a signposted route on the ground" is the best criterion for a > reactive mapper, I think you can proactively identify cycle routes > unambiguously prior to that (at least well enough that there won't be edit > wars). Sometimes the reality follows the map. > > I think the criteria are something like: > 1) clear objective for the route (best way from x to y) > 2) reasonably clear intended user group (Sustrans' sensible 12-yr old, for > instance) > 3) route alternatives to have been surveyed on the ground, and considered > against those objectives, to the extent that the dominant input becomes > local knowledge > > If the "intended user group" is sufficiently dominant for the area, I think > it's reasonable to put such routes in as the local cycle network.
Maybe in some other project, but let's stick to factual data for OSM. The "best way" to cycle for a "dominant user group" is not factual data. If you want to make a map showing such routes in order to help cyclists, prod governments or whatever than that's a great idea, but that's not what should go into the OSM db. Cheers, Andy > See the > ones I've set up in Oxford as examples (use lcn=yes instead of > lcn_ref=number if they are unnumbered). In the Oxford case, 3 of the routes > are "fully" signposted, the rest are intermittently signposted, and a > reasonable distillation of what has been long-discussed (and putting them on > the map is helping to prod the County into improving the signposting). > > But I wouldn't put in routes that are for small/atypical user groups, or > which aren't notably better at achieving an objective than just using the > normal road hierarchy. > > Richard > _______________________________________________ > Talk-GB mailing list > Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb > > _______________________________________________ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb