OpenStreetMap
Hi. Discovered OSM recently and immediately started to map my area, focusing on all the cycleways i'm using to ride on my mountainbike . Any comments welcome. What's the best way to tag good paths/tracks that can be used when mountainbiking though not exclusively reserved for that usage?
Discussion
Comment from 42429 on 5 September 2008 at 08:25
In my area, I only map these tracks as cycleways which are also accessible by wheelchair. Tracks which are to narrow for wheelchairs are designated as footways.
Please check whether your cycleways are just accessible for mountainbikes or also for other vehicles, e.g. wheelchairs.
Yours FK270673
Comment from POHB on 5 September 2008 at 09:39
surface=x might be a way to differentiate different styles of track. How about footway with bicycle=yes ? As a mountainbiker it is important to me to know whether I can legally ride down a path (e.g. bridleway) or if I'll get valid complaints from walkers. It'd be annoying to miss out on a great biking trail because it is too narrow for a wheelchair or recumbent tricycle towing 2 kids in a trailer!
Comment from Luc Moreau on 6 September 2008 at 01:04
That's really an issue indeed. cycleway is not specific enough and can be anything between a road and a narrow footpath. I want to make a distinction between on one side the paths/tracks where bikes are allowed even if they're just "good enough" for a mountain bike (probably too difficult for a wheelchair and tricycle then), and on the other side the footpaths where bikes are not legally allowed or where it is too dangerous or too hard to ride even on a mountainbike.
Thanks already for these comments/suggestions.