Re: [Tagging] Dispute prevention: meaning of lanes tag

2012-04-19 Thread Nick Austin
In the UK emergency lanes are called shoulders. Tags for them have been suggested in the past: http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Shoulder Nick. On Thu, Apr 19, 2012 at 10:09 PM, Sander Deryckere wrote: > There is a discussion about PSV lanes, but what about emergency lanes. > Nobody is allowe

Re: [Tagging] power=tower enhancement

2011-12-14 Thread Nick Austin
The risers I've seen can only be properly identified by close up inspection, it's generally just a metal half-tube nailed to one side of the pole through which the cable then passes. Identification of which poles have risers can only be done by close-up inspection. However as far as the UK is conc

Re: [Tagging] power=tower enhancement

2011-12-12 Thread Nick Austin
Hi, I've heard the term riser used before but only in the context of getting pipes and cables into tall buildings. I can't offer an opinion as to whether it's the right term or not. As far as the UK is concerned this won't help much for many reasons: 1) Poles are often shared with telephone and f

Re: [Tagging] Proposed definition for cycleways

2010-01-05 Thread Nick Austin
On Tue, Jan 5, 2010 at 11:53 PM, Steve Bennett wrote: > I'll restate it: every way or path *especially* suitable. More suitable than > average. Much more suitable than average, if you like. > > Anyway, I'm obviously not getting my message across, so I'm going to have to > think about how to expres