If it's good enough for a horse and a mountain-bike, but not really a "normal" bicycle, I'd tag it as "highway=bridleway" in the UK, "highway=path (+horse=yes if explicitly signposted)" elsewhere. If it's been improved such to be good enough for a "normal" bicycle, I'd tag it as "highway=cycleway+designation=public_bridleway+horse=yes".
I'm intending to add much of this to Mike's "designation" proposal in the next few days, though I feel the need to understand a bit more about how/where "path" is being used in Germany first. Richard On Sat, Mar 28, 2009 at 4:04 PM, Mike Harris <mik...@googlemail.com> wrote: > By the way - in England and Wales, cyclists are normally allowed to use > public bridleways (but the highways authority has no obligation to maintain > the way to a standard that makes it possible to cycle) unless explicitly > forbidden by a very localised regulation. Cyclists must also give way to > cyclists and horse riders. I would normally tag these as highway=bridleway > with foot/horse/bicycle=yes. An alternative would be to use > designation=public_bridleway - in which case, what do people think should be > the value for the highway tag? > > > Mike Harris > > -----Original Message----- > From: Chris Hill [mailto:chillly...@yahoo.co.uk] > Sent: 28 March 2009 12:30 > To: Stephen Hope; talk@openstreetmap.org > Subject: Re: [OSM-talk] highway=cycle&footway > > > Cyclists are often going to be asked to give way to pedestrians. Cycle > routes often (usually) allow pedestrian access too. I would tag it as a > cycleway with foot=yes. The fact that they are part of a cycle trail > reinforces this to me. > > But, hey, get it in the database as something close to right is the most > important thing, it can always be changed later and its very presence > attracts interest, use and possible improvement. > > cheers, Chris > > > > ----- Original Message ---- > > From: Stephen Hope <slh...@gmail.com> > > To: talk@openstreetmap.org > > Sent: Saturday, 28 March, 2009 5:50:01 > > Subject: Re: [OSM-talk] highway=cycle&footway > > > > OK, so while we're talking about this, there are a number of paths > > near me. Nice smooth concrete, about 2m wide. They run through parks, > > and there are signs on the park as a whole that say "No motorised > > vehicles". These paths are marked with a sign that has a pedestrian > > and a bicycle, and another sign that says "Cyclists give way to > > Pedestrians". How would you normally mark these? I've used footway, > > plus bicycle=yes. I don't feel right calling it a cycleway if they > > have to give way to other users. > > > > Just to confuse the issue, some of them also have name signs, and most > > of these names are "Xxxx cycle trail" (or similar). Even on these, > > though, pedestrians still have right of way. > > > > Stephen > > > > _______________________________________________ > > talk mailing list > > talk@openstreetmap.org > > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > talk mailing list > talk@openstreetmap.org > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk >
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