Bicycle tags map

Bicycle tags
Slippy map:	mijndev.openstreetmap.nl/~ligfietser/fiets/index.html
Source code:	ligfietser/Bicycle_Tags_Map GitHub
Web map that shows bicycle related tags which might not otherwise show up on the standard map rendering styles.

Bicycle tags map shows bicycle related tags which might not otherwise show up on the standard map rendering styles.

Goal & description

This wiki is a translation of the Dutch original. All content applies to the Netherlands and may differ from other countries. The goal of this web map with bicycle tags is rendering bicycle related tags that are not (properly) rendered on OSM’s 'Mapnik' map or on the cyclemap version.

The map contains the following layers

Cycleway tags

Most commonly used bicycle related properties of (cycle) ways

Surface tags

A description of the “highway” surface

Route tags

Overview of cycle route relations and (non) cycleable way (subjective)

Bugs in tags

Possible bugs on the map.

Please see the OSM forum topic about this map (Dutch)

Cycleway tags

This map contains layers with the most commonly used bicycle related tags on “highways”. Please see Map_Features#Highway

Layers:

Colour	Tags	Description
red	highway=cycleway	All separate cycleways. A compulsory cycle way (NL:sign G11) is tagged with highway=cycleway The tag moped=no is not compulsory but advised to indicate the difference between the signs (NL:sign G11), (NL:sign G12a) and (NL: sign G13).
purple	highway=cycleway & moped=yes or moped=designated (traffic_sign=NL:G12a)	Fiets/Bromfietspad (moped/cycleway), indicated by (NL:sign G12a)
blue dotted	highway=cycleway & moped=no (traffic_sign=NL:G11)	Compulsory cycle way, indicated by (NL:sign G11).
blue	highway=cycleway & mofa=no (traffic_sign=NL:G13)	Non-compulsory cycle way, indicated by (NL:sign G13).
pink	cycleway=cyclestreet or cyclestreet=yes	Cycle street
orange	cycleway=track Also cycleway:right=track, cycleway=opposite_track etc	Ways with a cycleway that is not totally separated from the main road. E.g. when the 2 are separated by a concrete curb or refuge.
orange	cycleway=lane Also cycleway:right=lane, cycleway=opposite_lane etc	Ways with separate lanes for cyclists (with bicycle sign on lane)
orange dotted	cycleway=shared_lane	Ways with separate lanes for cyclists (no bicycle sign on lane)
blue dotted	oneway=yes	Ways (unclassified, residential, cycleway) that have a one-way direction.
green dotted	oneway:bicycle=no or cycleway=opposite	Ways (unclassified, residential) that have a one-way direction but not for cyclist.
green line or circle	bicycle=yes	On paths (highway=footway, path, pedestrian, steps) accessible to cyclists or on nodes with barrier=* except barrier=bollard.

Surface tags

This layer shows an indication of the paving of tracks, cycle ways and footways.

• Paved

   surface=asphalt
   surface=concrete(:plates)
   surface=paved
   surface=paving_stones(:30)

• Semi-paved

   surface=gravel, (crushed_)shell(s), compacted(_gravel)

• Unpaved

   surface=grass, ground, unpaved, dirt, earth, sand, woodchips, pebblestones

Route tags

Displayed are:

• Cycle routes (NCN/RCN/LCN/ICN en MTB routes), see Bike_routes#Tagging_Cycle_Route_Networks including cycle nodes rcn_ref=*

• Hiking routes including hiking nodes rwn_ref=*

• Horse (back) riding routes including horse nodes rhn_ref=* - better not cycle here!

• Former railway lines railway=abandoned/disused/dismantled are often replaced by scenic cyclepaths

• Info tourism=information

The map also shows (non) cycleable ways (subjective):

• Non cycleable ways

   highway=proposed, construction, footway, path, pedestrian, steps, bridleway, platform*
   Other highways with  bicycle=no
   Other highways with  access=no or horse=designated* 

(*) excluding “highways” tagged with :

   bicycle=yes, designated, official, permissive, destination
   mtb=yes, designated, official, permissive, destination
   ramp:bicycle=yes (combined with) highway=steps

• Cycleable ways

   All other “highways” excluding highway=motorway(_link) or highway=trunk(_link)

Bugs in tags

This layer is meant for finding possible errors in the map. Kind of like the Keepright, but then specifically for bicycle related tags.

Errors like ways that are tagged with following combinations:

• route=bicycle & bicycle=no
• highway=cycleway & bicycle=no NB: could also be a temporary closed cycleway.
• cycleway=* & bicycle=no
• highway=crossing tagged as “way” instead of a “node”-element.
• highway=road (road that needs another “highway=” tag.)
• fixme=* combined with cycleway=* or highway=cycleway
• Redundant tags like a bicycle=yes on a highway=cycleway
• cycleway/paths without a proper streetname (no name, 'fietspad', 'path') to improve address search on the GPS
• highway=nonsense: invalid OSM tagging, like highway=fietspad, highway=Radweg etc.

Popup window

By clicking on the map more detailed info about the “highway” is retrieved from OSM.
There are also shortcuts to OSM.org, Google Maps, Bing Aerial as well as Openstreetmap Notes (bug report) and Keepright for error checks.
The area can also be loaded in your favourite OSM editor JOSM, Potlatch or IDeditor.

Browser problems

The map works fine using Firefox or Chrome, but Internet Explorer (IE) can have issues.

Possible solution:

• change IE security level. Add the domain “mijndev.openstreetmap.nl” to your trusted sites, set security to “low”.

Mapsource Weblinks

Weblink extensions for Garmin's Mapsource are handy shortcuts.
With this you can switch directly from e.g. Openfietsmap to the OSM.org map on the web.
Download the Web Link Extensions. For more information on installing these see Web link extension file.

External links

• BTM - bicycle tags map (primary)
• Bicycle tags map — mirror
• Source Code ^GitHub on github

See also

• List of OSM-based services