Re: [OSM-talk] highway=steps ramp=yes mapping stairs.

[Shaun McDonald]

On 11 Sep 2009, at 17:10, Tobias Knerr wrote:

Shaun McDonald wrote:

I have used bicycle=yes where there is a guide rail to help people take

their bike up and over the steps/bridge.

class "bicycle" doesn't include pushed/carried bicycles, so it is not

lot of pedestrian streets/areas where pushing bicycles is legal (while
cycling is not) with bicycle=yes. Of course, this would be misleading.

It's a matter of definition, I guess. My opinion is that the OSM vehicle appropriate for steps with bicycle ramps. Otherwise, we'd need to tag a

The bicycle=yes can have a different definition based on the highway tag. (Well that was my interpretation when I initially started tagging the feature that way. If the consensus is to use bicycle=dismount or similar instead, then I'm happy to change my tagging habits.

I prefer ramp:bicycle=yes.

In my book that means that you can cycle up that ramp.

I'd prefer to use a dismount instead of yes.

Shaun

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