Re: [Tagging] Unsigned portions of signed routes

2017-05-31 Thread James Mast
Well, here's an example of how I dealt with US-19 Truck over here in Pittsburgh were it isn't signed on I-279 or I-376 except inside of the I-376 exit 69 mess on the south side of the Fort Pitt Tunnels. https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/571349 (signed) https://www.openstreetmap.org/relati

Re: [Tagging] Turn Lane Tagging?

2016-06-10 Thread James Mast
important to me that I get this as correct as possible, because I can't have iD overwriting somebody's valid lane tagging. I'd like to be able to show visually what a tag like `none;slight_right` means on the ground. Thanks, Bryan [1] https://www.mapbox.com/blog/osm-gsoc-i

Re: [Tagging] Turn Lane Tagging?

2016-06-10 Thread James Mast
I honestly think Mapbox needs to stop immediately editing ways that they think are invalid. I've seen several ways that I've work hard on, know are valid, and are being damaged by edits. The 'NONE' tag in turn lanes is COMPLETELY VALID https://www.openstreetmap.org/user/rickmastfan67/diar

[Tagging] To mark as covered, or to not mark as covered?

2015-05-27 Thread James Mast
I'm just curious, but what does everybody think about the 'covered=yes' tag when used on highways? I know you aren't suppose to use it when the highway goes under a bridge, but I've been noticing more people adding the tag in that case, even though the Wiki page on that tag says you shouldn't.

Re: [Tagging] Maxspeed

2015-05-11 Thread James Mast
Well, in the US, I've just been tagging the 'ramp' speeds ( https://goo.gl/maps/Bw8Is ) as a normal 'maxspeed'. I know several other users here in the US have been doing it the same way. However, I wouldn't be opposed if we wanted to tag them as 'maxspeed:ramp=35 mph', but only if we could get

Re: [Tagging] Tram tracks running in a road

2015-02-06 Thread James Mast
Here's how we have done this in the Pittsburgh, PA area where the 'light rail' line shares the pavement with the normal road lanes. They normally only use this line during the rush hours unless they have to close the tunnel @ Station Square and divert the light rail traffic along this route.

Re: [Tagging] Center Turn Lane Tagging?

2014-07-20 Thread James Mast
r ways to tag things in a consistent manner (most glaringly, a mass retag of all US highways as trunk instead of primary, even when undivided). On Sat, Jul 19, 2014 at 8:15 PM, James Mast wrote: https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:centre_turn_lane ? This is what I've been using.

Re: [Tagging] Center Turn Lane Tagging?

2014-07-19 Thread James Mast
https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:centre_turn_lane ? This is what I've been using. -James Date: Sat, 19 Jul 2014 18:11:11 -0500 From: ba...@ursamundi.org To: tagging@openstreetmap.org Subject: Re: [Tagging] Center Turn Lane Tagging? lanes:both_ways=1turn:lanes:both_ways=left On Sat, Jul

Re: [Tagging] telephone lines (and marking other things we don't map)

2013-08-27 Thread James Mast
But what if the pole has both telephone and power on it? ;) That's what's common here in my neighborhood. I can look out my front door and see a pole with both of them using it. -James Date: Tue, 27 Aug 2013 17:05:38 +0200 From: francois.laco...@telecom-bretagne.eu To: tagging@openstreetmap.o

Re: [Tagging] Micro mapping traffic signals

2013-08-27 Thread James Mast
> Date: Tue, 27 Aug 2013 23:35:45 +0200 > From: pier...@gmail.com > To: tagging@openstreetmap.org > Subject: Re: [Tagging] Micro mapping traffic signals > > On Tue, Aug 27, 2013 at 11:22 PM, Vincent de Château-Thierry > wrote: > > > This only deals with single traffic light mapping and will no

Re: [Tagging] Proposed relation give_way

2013-03-14 Thread James Mast
Why wouldn't something like a node tagged "highway:forward=give_way" work? -James ___ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging

Re: [Tagging] exit_to on motorway_junction

2012-11-21 Thread James Mast
Date: Wed, 21 Nov 2012 23:50:42 +0100 From: osm...@gmail.com To: tagging@openstreetmap.org Subject: Re: [Tagging] exit_to on motorway_junction > b. no solution of the exit_to_left yet to support both branches There is a > solution in the form of this proposal that I made awhile ago that nobody

Re: [Tagging] Stop sign?

2012-11-21 Thread James Mast
Date: Wed, 21 Nov 2012 08:57:01 -0600 From: ba...@ursamundi.org To: tagging@openstreetmap.org Subject: Re: [Tagging] Stop sign? > Are there examples of traffic signals that don't control all the ways they're > located? With stop signs, typical application only applies to one or two of > the in

Re: [Tagging] Tag ref on motorway_link

2012-10-24 Thread James Mast
> Date: Tue, 23 Oct 2012 16:26:11 -0400 > From: nice...@att.net > To: tagging@openstreetmap.org > Subject: Re: [Tagging] Tag ref on motorway_link > > On 10/23/2012 4:10 PM, Johan C wrote: > > c) it quite often will be impossible for any (present/future) routing > > engine to always predict the ri

Re: [Tagging] Tag ref on motorway_link

2012-10-24 Thread James Mast
> Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2012 14:49:57 +0900 > From: erringt...@gmail.com > To: tagging@openstreetmap.org > Subject: Re: [Tagging] Tag ref on motorway_link > > > Richard didn't say he uses that key *because* it's not rendered; he > > uses it because it makes sense. The fact that it's not rendered on

Re: [Tagging] Turn Restrictions

2012-10-14 Thread James Mast
Gauß has now also added a new section called "More turn restrictions" with a ton of new restrictions that none of the editors support. Heck, I don't think any routers support them as well. All these new turn restrictions deal with "half" turns.. Maybe Gauß needs a time out on editing that pa

[Tagging] Turn Restrictions

2012-10-06 Thread James Mast
Is it just me, or has all the edits Gauß has recently done to the Turn Restrictions page on the Wiki made it more confusing for new mappers? Especially with the new "Combination of restrictions" section. What does everybody else think?http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Relation:restriction

Re: [Tagging] Remove odbl tags?

2012-07-27 Thread James Mast
I would love to see a bot run after the database officially was declared odbl to delete them and the odbl:note tags. ___ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging

Re: [Tagging] rest_area and service road

2011-09-28 Thread James Mast
> Date: Thu, 29 Sep 2011 08:10:43 +0900 > From: a.erring...@lancaster.ac.uk > To: tagging@openstreetmap.org > Subject: Re: [Tagging] rest_area and service road > > On Thu, September 29, 2011 04:08, Nathan Edgars II wrote: > > On 9/28/2011 3:04 PM, Pieren wrote: > > > >> What is our recommendation

Re: [Tagging] service=drive-through or drive_through?

2011-07-04 Thread James Mast
Eugene, you should also mark your ticket on the trac as invalid (or something else) because of this.http://trac.openstreetmap.org/ticket/3873 Don't want them to make a change to the rendering by accident. ;) -- James > Date: Tue, 5 Jul 2011 08:13:40 +0800 > From: sea...@gmail.com > To: tagging@

Re: [Tagging] service=drive-through or drive_through?

2011-07-04 Thread James Mast
> Date: Mon, 4 Jul 2011 13:11:17 +0200 > From: dieterdre...@gmail.com > To: tagging@openstreetmap.org > Subject: Re: [Tagging] service=drive-through or drive_through? > > There is many more of them. I propose to use > service=drive-through I agree with this. Maybe we should do one "final" v

Re: [Tagging] service=drive-through or drive_through?

2011-06-29 Thread James Mast
All I know is that "service=drive-through" was rendered already in Mapnik while "service=drive_through" is not. Look here: http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=40.525952&lon=-80.006203&zoom=18&layers=M I had originally tagged the "Drive Thru's" for Taco Bell and Arby's here as "service=drive-thro

[Tagging] maxheight - Feet & Inches

2011-05-28 Thread James Mast
I'm just wondering, is there a general consensus on how to tag maxheight in "Feed & Inches"? I've looked at the taginfo and noticed several different ways people have been doing it. 14'1" / 14'-1" / 14' 1" / 14ft1in I just wanted some opinions before I tagged some of US-19 in WV that has some

Re: [Tagging] Feature Proposal - RFC - highway=motorway_junction Tagging Extension

2011-05-28 Thread James Mast
ope I have answered your question fully. If not, please let me know. -- James To: tagging@openstreetmap.org From: da...@debian.org Date: Sun, 22 May 2011 09:28:40 +0200 Subject: Re: [Tagging] Feature Proposal - RFC - highway=motorway_junction Tagging Extension On Sun, 22 May 2011 02:3

[Tagging] Feature Proposal - RFC - highway=motorway_junction Tagging Extension

2011-05-21 Thread James Mast
I've created a proposal for an extension of the sub-tags (ref=* and exit_to=*) of highway=motorway_junction. This is to help people on tagging highway ramps that split farther down after they leave the main highway. It will also help deal with other motorways splitting off of the main motorw

Re: [Tagging] Tagging split exit ramps

2011-05-21 Thread James Mast
Well, I'm working up an official proposal for this right now. Will updating this thread and also send out a RFC once it's done. ;) -- James ___ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org http://lists.open

Re: [Tagging] Tagging HOV lanes that have strict times (and are completely separate from main highway)

2011-05-19 Thread James Mast
Alright, if anybody had been following this, but just didn't want to comment, now's your chance. I have added the relations for the restrictions. http://www.openstreetmap.org/browse/changeset/8189558 I-279 - 9 relations (4 mainline; 5 ramps) I-579 - 4 relations (all mainline since no separate

[Tagging] Tagging split exit ramps

2011-05-15 Thread James Mast
I was just thinking, here in the USA, we sometimes have exit ramps that after they split from the main highway, split again (sometimes with separate exit #'s). One such example would be Exit #1B-1C (old #7A-7B) on I-279 here in Pittsburgh, PA. (Google StreetView examples from when the exits

[Tagging] Tagging HOV lanes that have strict times (and are completely separate from main highway)

2011-05-13 Thread James Mast
I was just about to create some new relations for the I-279/I-579 HOV lanes to reflect the times that they are open and closed. http://www.dot.state.pa.us/penndot/districts/district11.nsf/traffic_HOV_hours?OpenForm That shows the current times when they are open and when Outbound is restricte

Re: [Tagging] Traffic Lights, but only for one direction on a highway that isn't divided

2011-04-14 Thread James Mast
penstreetmap.org From: ba...@ursamundi.org Date: Wed, 13 Apr 2011 11:11:25 -0500 Subject: Re: [Tagging] Traffic Lights, but only for one direction on a highway that isn't divided On 04/13/2011 12:45 AM, James Mast wrote: > So does anybody have any suggestions on how to deal with something like

Re: [Tagging] Traffic Lights, but only for one direction on a highway that isn't divided

2011-04-13 Thread James Mast
> highway that isn't divided > To: tagging@openstreetmap.org > CC: rickmastfa...@hotmail.com > > On 13 April 2011 17:06, James Mast wrote: > > Not the same situation here NE2. There are no traffic lights at > > all installed in either place for the inbound direction

Re: [Tagging] Traffic Lights, but only for one direction on a highway that isn't divided

2011-04-13 Thread James Mast
Subject: Re: [Tagging] Traffic Lights, but only for one direction on a > highway that isn't divided > > On 4/13/2011 1:45 AM, James Mast wrote: > > So does anybody have any suggestions on how to deal with something like > > this? Here's my example: > > >

[Tagging] Traffic Lights, but only for one direction on a highway that isn't divided

2011-04-12 Thread James Mast
So does anybody have any suggestions on how to deal with something like this? Here's my example: Here in Pittsburgh, when you're coming off I-579 going towards the South Hills across the Liberty Bridge, you encounter two sets of traffic lights (one before you get onto the bridge, and one on

Re: [Tagging] Counterflow Lanes

2011-02-18 Thread James Mast
I've personally heard "Contraflow" mentioned for the switchover's some DOT's have on Interstates for Hurricane (or other) evacuations in the press. I know I-95 in Georgia happens to have two such crossovers, but they don't specifically say "contraflow" on the signs. Here are links to how they

Re: [Tagging] Counterflow Lanes

2011-02-18 Thread James Mast
; From: nerou...@gmail.com > To: tagging@openstreetmap.org > Subject: Re: [Tagging] Counterflow Lanes > > On 2/18/2011 5:00 AM, James Mast wrote: > > Alright, I've tagged the roadway that I was asking this about with the > > following: > > lanes=3 > > lane

Re: [Tagging] Counterflow Lanes

2011-02-18 Thread James Mast
Alright, I've tagged the roadway that I was asking this about with the following: lanes=3 lanes:counterflow=center That should work "for now". http://www.openstreetmap.org/browse/way/24873632 ___ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org h

[Tagging] Counterflow Lanes

2011-02-16 Thread James Mast
I'm just curious here, but is there a general consensus on how to tag roads that have 3+ lanes that have 1 or more lanes that change direction at certain times while still leaving at least one lane going in each direction? You know, kinda like the Lions Gate Bridge (http://en.wikipedia.org/wi

Re: [Tagging] Feature Proposal - RFC - Emergency Traffic Signals

2011-01-16 Thread James Mast
> Date: Thu, 13 Jan 2011 11:06:48 -0500 > From: nerou...@gmail.com > To: tagging@openstreetmap.org > Subject: Re: [Tagging] Feature Proposal - RFC - Emergency Traffic Signals > > On Thu, Jan 13, 2011 at 12:33 AM, James Mast > wrote: > > I've created a propos

Re: [Tagging] Feature Proposal - RFC - Emergency Traffic Signals

2011-01-13 Thread James Mast
>On 13 January 2011 16:10, Paul Johnson wrote: >> On 01/12/2011 11:33 PM, James Mast wrote: >>> I've created a proposal for Emergency Traffic Signals, which are >>> typically found in front of fire stations and highway tunnels at >>> http://wiki

[Tagging] Feature Proposal - RFC - Emergency Traffic Signals

2011-01-12 Thread James Mast
I've created a proposal for Emergency Traffic Signals, which are typically found in front of fire stations and highway tunnels at http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Proposed_features/Emergency_Traffic_Signals -- James ___

Re: [Tagging] Combo Weight Bridges

2011-01-12 Thread James Mast
> Date: Wed, 12 Jan 2011 18:16:46 +0100 > From: dieterdre...@gmail.com > To: tagging@openstreetmap.org > Subject: Re: [Tagging] Combo Weight Bridges > > 2011/1/12 Martin Simon : > > These signs are refering to "military load class" ("militärische > > Lastenklasse"), not to maxweight. > > Other th

[Tagging] Combo Weight Bridges

2011-01-12 Thread James Mast
Alright, I have a small bridge locally that has a duel weight limits on it. One for normal and one combo. This is the bridge in question: http://www.openstreetmap.org/browse/way/69968204 The sign goes as follows: (I can also provide a picture of it later if it's needed) BRIDGE = WEIGHT LIM