One of the advantages of OSM is you can tag anything with what ever tag you like. One of the great drawbacks of OSM is you can tag anything with what ever tag you like.
For Ottawa I used Maperitive and imported a local OSM database. Then I used the export tags command to export a list of tags in CSV format. Now you get to the tricky bit. What you need is either local agreement or your own local version of the corrected map ie OSM file, or what also seems to be acceptable is correcting to the list here http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Feature_Index. For local agreement you need a few bodies, so announce a meetup in talk-us then take a vote. It doesn't seem to matter if you only have two or three people present the others had the opportunity to make their views known. For Ottawa we had a problem with paved shoulders, you need them for a good cycle-map but they don't seem to have them in Europe. We also have multiuse paths which tagged with all sorts of things. I created an off line map based on OSM that shows cycle routes. What I learnt was you need to line up the routing software with the map. So depending how much control you have on the routing software depends on what you want the map to say. If you can make the routing software accept that one or two or three conditions is a valid cycle route then life is fairly easy. If not then you figure out what it needs call a local OSM meetup of mappers and put it to the vote. Then you clean up the OSM map as per the vote. If you are doing routing on a server then displaying the results on a web site don't forget that OSM files are XML so you can edit them. Search for this string and replace with that string and it doesn't really matter what is in the official OSM database your local version of the database is correct for the routing software. https://docs.google.com/document/d/1WkJzx5NffRv0TIQgCFFGTQzyqbQ9XDphSLqcjuM8wGM/edit?hl=en_US Cheerio John On 22 June 2011 17:25, PJ Houser <stephanie.jean.hou...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi all, > > I sent this to the talk-us list, but responses have been few. I'm hoping a > bit more dialogue could happen on the talk list. > > In Portland, Oregon, four interns at the local transit agency (TriMet - > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TriMet) are attempting to improve and update > OSM so as to make it routable. TriMet will be switching to OpenTripPlanner ( > http://opentripplanner.org/, > http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/OpenTripPlanner) in a few months, and > will draw its base map from OSM. We are trying to make sure streets have > correct geometry, directionality and names; intersections have turn > restrictions; bike routes are properly tagged; and trails and pedestrian > routes are up-to-date, accurate and tagged. The trip planner is multi-modal, > meaning it incorporates bicycling, walking and transit, and combinations > thereof. Anyways, the point is... > > We have been tagging multi-use paths that are also considered bike routes > as highway=path and bicycle=designated. Another user prefers > highway=cycleway. What criteria do other mappers use to distinguish between > a cycleway and multi-use path? > > Terms: > Cycleway: http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:highway%3Dcycleway "The > highway=cycleway indicates that the used way is mainly or exclusively for > bicycles. Some consider it better to use highway=path if use is not > restricted to cyclists." > Path: http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:highway%3Dpath "This tag is > used for paths for which all and any of highway=footway, highway=cycleway, > and highway=bridleway would be inappropriate or inadequate (or simply not > sufficient), but which are nonetheless usable for travel or navigation. They > might be not intended for any particular use, or intended for several > different uses. Intended uses can be indicated with the access=designated > keys. It is also used for hiking trails." > > Some examples of multi-use paths that have switched between > highway=cycleway and highway=path: > Eastbank Esplanade > http://www.portlandonline.com/parks/finder/index.cfm?PropertyID=105&action=ViewPark > Morrison Bridge Multi-use Path > http://bikeportland.org/2011/06/10/morrison-bridge-path-to-close-for-construction-project-54559 > Hawthorne Bridge, with both pedestrian and bicycle markings > http://bikeportland.org/2005/11/21/hawthorne-bridge-gets-new-markings-673. > > Traffic stats: > In 2008, the breakdown for peak-hour (4-6 pm) usage of these trails shows > that cyclists usually dominate, but pedestrians make up 15% to 50% of the > traffic. > http://www.portlandonline.com/transportation/index.cfm?c=34778&a=292746 > > Thanks! > -- > PJ Houser > Trimet > GIS intern > username: PJ Houser > > _______________________________________________ > talk mailing list > talk@openstreetmap.org > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk > >
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