[mkgmap-dev] - make cycleway tracks

Fri Jul 24 14:56:19 BST 2009

Mark Burton <markb at ordern.com> wrote:

> I have no problem with matching more tags. However, left, right and yes
> are not discussed on http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:cycleway
> how are they meant to be used?

http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Proposed_features/Advanced_footway_and_cycleway

left and right are major roads with cycleways on one side of the road only.

>> Hm, I'm not shure if this is a good idea, because the Garmin devices tend
>> to prefer real cycleways over generic roads. This may not be the expected
>> behaviour for one-way roads thus it might be better to assign the real type
>> of "highway".
> 
> Sorry, not sure what you're saying here.

Is this due to my improper english? I'm not a native speaker after all.

I will try to explain along the lines of the patch...

You replaced cycleWay.copyTags with new code, this way you end e.g. up with
something like this:

highway=cycleway
(+ more tags)

instead of:

highway=residential
(+ more tags)   

However, this may lead to a situation, where cycling one-way roads into the
opposite direction might get _prefered_ over cycling into the ordinary
direction in cases where cycleways are prefered over residential roads.

This is almost certainly not an expected behaviour.

Sven

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