Tag:area:highway=cycleway
area:highway = cycleway |
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An area representation of cycleways. |
Group: area:highway |
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Useful combination |
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Status: in use |
Tools for this tag |
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An area representation of highway=cycleway. area:highway=cycleway describes the shape, i.e. the two-dimensional outline of the area of a cycleway, or parts of it. It is used as a form of Micromapping in addition to the routable, linear way tagged as highway=cycleway.
This tag is not the same as highway=cycleway + area=yes which represents a non-linear feature such as a square or plaza where multi-directional travel is permitted.
How to map
Correct tagging
- If it's a simple cycleway area (cycle path as well as cycle lane), just draw an outline around it, and add tag area:highway=cycleway.
- If it's a more complicated one, draw an outline around it, draw all inner parts, then select all elements and make a multipolygon relation from it. Add tag area:highway=cycleway to multipolygon.
Optional tags:
- surface=* (What is the cycleway made of? E.g. concrete, asphalt)
Tagging mistakes to avoid
- Don't create an area:highway=cycleway area without also creating a linear highway=footway way along the centerline of the cycleway.
- Don't draw an area:highway=cycleway area for bicycle crossings. Correct tagging of them is explained in a second table below.
- Don't draw an area:highway=cycleway area for footways. Draw a separate area:highway=footway area instead.
- Don't draw an area:highway=cycleway area for narrow, constant-width paths. Draw only a linear way through its middle.
- Don't use an area:highway=cycleway tag for non-segregated "foot and bicycle" path areas. Use area:highway=path instead.
Example tagging
Case | Area tags | Mapping examples |
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area:highway=cycleway | ||
area:highway=cycleway Correct tagging of cycleway multipolygon depends on character of place, you can:
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Example tagging of connected objects
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Bicycle crossing |
highway=cycleway |
Draw an area around streets intersection, treating stop lines and crossings as its edges and tag it with:
area:highway=* (class of highway, eg. area:highway=primary) If it's a single crossing being far away from streets intersection, draw it just as a linear way crossing street area without junction=yes tag. |
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Non-segregated "foot & bicycle" crossing |
highway=path + path=crossing |
Draw an area around streets intersection, treating stop lines and crossings as its edges and tag it with:
area:highway=* (class of highway, eg. area:highway=primary) If it's a single crossing being far away from streets intersection, draw it just as a linear way crossing street area without junction=yes tag. |
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Segregated "foot & bicycle" crossing |
Method 1 (one linear way):
highway=path |
Draw an area around streets intersection, treating stop lines and crossings as its edges and tag it with:
area:highway=* (class of highway, eg. area:highway=primary) If it's a single crossing being far away from streets intersection, draw it just as a linear way crossing street area without junction=yes tag.
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Method 2 (two linear ways):
highway=footway
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Segregated "foot & bicycle" crossing with traffic calming island |
Method 1 (one linear way): |
Draw an area around streets intersection, treating stop lines and crossings as its edges and tag it with: area:highway=* (class of highway, eg. area:highway=primary) If it's a single crossing being far away from streets intersection, draw it just as a linear way crossing street area without junction=yes tag.
landuse=grass or leisure=garden or traffic_calming=island
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highway=path + path=crossing |
highway=path + foot=designated |
highway=path + path=crossing | ||||
Method 2 (two linear ways):
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highway=footway |
highway=footway |
highway=footway | ||||
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highway=cycleway |
highway=cycleway |
highway=cycleway | ||||
Segregated "foot & bicycle" path |
Method 1 (one linear way):
highway=path (path way should be joined through a mutal part of the footway/ cycleway areas, see example screenshot) |
(both areas should be joined to each other if there is no physical barrier between them, see example screenshot) |
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Method 2 (two linear ways):
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Traffic calming paving on a street edge (This element should be treated as kind of a traffic calming area, not footway) |
traffic_calming=island |
Visualisation
See also
- Proposed features/Street area
- area:highway=footway - An area representation of footways
- area:highway=path - An area representation of paths
- cycleway=* - Cycle lanes or tracks provided within the carriageway or next to it