Hi.
Thanks for correcting the directions at this roundabout on Thorpe Lea Road.
By joining the two roads at node/6306670899, this suggests to journey planners that you can turn left here without joining the roundabout (way/150801603, also junction=roundabout). Some journey planners (eg those for cyclists) treat roundabouts differently to normal roads.

I'll split the entrance to the roundabout from the exit shortly.

Jon

carriage=*

Carriage is the non-motorised vehicle that attaches to horses (allowed on restricted byways, for example). I'm never entirely sure what default access is applied to highway=track by navigation apps, so I tag tracks with motor_vehicle, carriage, and bicycle access (there were complaints in Hampshire and Berkshire from a particular mapper where highways were marked as access=private with a separate foot=* tag, so I tag each type of access separately)
Many parts of NCN 4 west of Reading appear to have permissive access granted by the landowner, rather than a permanent right of way for cyclists. I'd be happy for it to be retagged.

Apologies - you just edited the way, and it was already marked as a tunnel. I'll fix it shortly.

Jon

Hello.
I see you split Finchampstead Road to add a tunnel (way/373203175/). The railway line is marked as being a bridge (way/26549685) - it's not normal to mark a way that goes under a bridge as a tunnel. bridge=* says:-
"Do however avoid using both a bridge tag for the upper way and a tunnel for the lower way for the same crossing."

Jon

Hello dintonchecks.

You've named a footpath and a path as "horsepath west" and "horsepath east". Are these the actual names of the paths (if so, they should probably be capitalised), or a description? If they are bridleways, can I suggest you set highway=bridleway and/or add horse=permissive?

Jon

Hello DGJaguar.

Can you add missing details for "maxspeed", "lit" and "surface" to the new sections of road that you created, please?
way/642896398
way/642896400

You can use the old sections as examples:-
way/261941849
way/4616901

Thanks!

Jon

Thanks!

Hello zabdiel.

Are you able to add the surface and tracktype details to a few of the tracks that you modified, please?
way/220307721
way/220307721
way/541617040

Jon

Thanks for improving the Bagshot Waitrose site.

Hello again.

For example, here is a list of node tags that CycleStreets uses to process "hurdles": https://www.cyclestreets.net/views/hurdletype/
You'll notice that nodes tagged as "crossing=" are featured heavily in this list - different types of crossings get different delay factors.

Jon

Hello Doublah.
In this changeset you deleted a number of crossings where paths meet roads. Journey planners, certainly for cyclists, take these into account in order to take into account the potential slowdown for each crossing. Since not all points where paths meet roads are actually crossings, the crossing nodes are important.
See crossing:-=*
"This tag is used for more accurately describing specific types of pedestrian crossings across roads, and other types of crossing over road or rail"
"The tag is set for the node where the both ways are crossing (footway and street, street and railway and so on)"
Further down is a note about having the tags only on the paths, not on the actual crossing node:-
"Disadvantage: Please note that this mapping style makes it difficult for routers and navigation systems to recognise that there is a crossing for pedestrians or cyclists along the road, since there is no special crossing node node on the route being evaluated."

Jon

Hello.

Thanks for getting back to me, and sorting out the path. The tracktype does seem redundant here. Tracktype does get used on some paths, especially bridleways, but doesn't seem to be useful on compacted or paved footpaths.

Jon

Hello.

You converted way/37802686 from a residential road tagged as cycleway=shared_lane to a path. This way is part of National Cycle Network Route 4 - can you tag it (or the relavant sections of road and path) to allow cycling, and add the surface, please? Highway=residential implies bicycle access, but most cycling sat navs will regard highway=path as only suitable for walking not cycling.

See for example the adjacent way way/440252467

Jon

Hello.
The last time I looked, Bristow Road was blocked at the western end by a metal fence and a row of bollards, so the only connections were via the footpath. If it is now connected, should there also be a set of traffic lights?

Hello.

When adding new cycle routes to OSM, I always make sure that I perform a detailed on-site survey first, where I record data on surface/tracktype, right of way designation if applicable, way type, speed limits, etc. This is particularly important if the source map has restrictive copyright (see osm.wiki/wiki/copyright#Propriety_data).

The footway has been marked as footway=sidewalk. I also reconnected another bridleway in Tilford to the road which had been trucated at the footpath, preventing onward routing.

As the Surrey Hills routes are promoted as "off-road" and involve a lot of dirt tracks, I've changed route=bicycle to route=mtb. This parallels the equivalent off-road routes in North Hampshire, including some of the "Cycling Discoveries in and around North Hampshire" routes. The danger is that route planners will send road cyclists down dirt tracks if the tracks have an RCN relation.

Jon

Hello.
In this changeset, you deleted the bridleway in Tilford across the weir (way/234353577/history and way/234353571/history) and marked the narrow pavement alongside Tilford Street/Tilford Road as a cyclepath (bicycle=yes). I've restored the bridleway (I used the part to the west of the weir today, and there are signs at either end of the bridleway), and added bicycle=no to the narrow pavement (there were no signs on the pavement today to allow cycling).

Jon

I did some work yesterday on the east-west road from Wytch Heath as far as the bridleway to Ower Quay, and the north-south road from Rempstone/Bushey Lane to the east-west road, based on the signs. I'll do some more work on the other roads and tracks in the Rempstone Estate when I get chance.

Hi.
In reply to your note on this changeset - roughly east of Thrashers Lane is access land, so pedestrian access will be allowed on many roads in the area. A lot of the roads joining the public bridleways seem to have signs only forbidding motor vehicles (if anything), implying that horses and bicycles may be permitted.

Jon

Hello Steve.

Thanks for the explanation. I must admit that I was surprised that some of the narrow, windy roads were C roads.

Jon