linear ways with amenity=bicycle_parking not rendered

[emmexx]

Tagging bicycle_parking is allowed for nodes, ways and areas but only nodes and areas are rendered on the map.

Ways tagged as bicycle_parking should be rendered as the nodes or the areas are.

This is a 36 stands line that is not being rendered:
bicycle_parking way
The area of the stands is not marked as such, there's only a line of stands, difficult to map as an area, too.

(The picture is of stands nearby the one I linked)

This is a 35 stands area, it is marked on the pavement, and it is rendered:
bicycle_parking area

[HolgerJeromin]

English Wiki allows lines, while German page forbids it... :-(

[imagico]

In principle i agree - and we should look in general at features we render both as nodes and polygons in amenity-points if we should also render them on linear ways.

The issue in general is that the semantics of mapping something with a linear way are more sophisticated than those of a node or a polygon because a linear way is directed. Therefore in OSM we usually want to have a well defined rule in what direction a linear way is supposed to be drawn - like we have for waterways, cliffs/embankments and also for roads (as far as the road has direction specific properties like a oneway tag). No such rule is currently documented for amenity=bicycle_parking despite most bicycle parkings being directed (i.e. you can only park your bike from one side).

@HolgerJeromin - the wiki is not in a position to forbid anything in OSM. The question is if the tag is practically used on linear ways or not - and the answer is in this case: Yes, it is - not a lot but quite clearly beyond the level of only mapping errors. And there are many cases where mapping with a linear way would be more meaningful and better verifiable than with a polygon.

[HolgerJeromin]

Could be closed as a duplicate of #2711 which has already bicycle_parking in the list.

[imagico]

Yes, good point.