Re: [Tagging] Continuous Sidewalk or Cycleway

2020-01-23 Thread Nick Bolten
Hi Florimand! This is an interesting situation. Would it be possible to draw an overhead diagram of the situation in question? Also, is this a tag that could potentially go through the proposal process? It isn't in taginfo I'd be happy to help any way I can. Best, Nick On Thu, Jan 23, 2020, 12

Re: [Tagging] Foot or foot.cycle crossing

2019-12-06 Thread Nick Bolten
Sorry for being late to the party! My understanding is that there isn't a documented tagging strategy for a marked cycle lane crossing that's mapped as on a street way. cycleway=crossing covers this scenario if the cycleway has been separately mapped, so I wonder if a proposal for a tag like cycl

Re: [Tagging] Feature Proposal - RFC - footway=link

2019-12-05 Thread Nick Bolten
o through width-constrained regions that would prevent some (but not all) wheelchairs - so they should have their own width=* tags. These paths could be obtained by mapping areas, but would require fairly intense CS skills to extract. The above example would work neatly with Allroads' suggest

Re: [Tagging] Feature Proposal - RFC - footway=link

2019-11-23 Thread Nick Bolten
Looks very nice! I have some different concerns about the curbs, but don't want to derail. Is there discussion about that curb tagging schema somewhere? Overall, I think the concept of overlaying areas, centerlines, and links between them is a good one. On Sat, Nov 23, 2019, 3:28 AM Allroads wro

Re: [Tagging] Feature Proposal - RFC - footway=link

2019-11-22 Thread Nick Bolten
I'm a big fan of this proposal and like others I think it could be useful in many scenarios. Expansion beyond connecting sidewalks to streets would be great! I would propose that under an expansive definition it be thought of this way: a "footway link" is a path connecting pedestrian-accessible wa

Re: [Tagging] Feature Proposal - RFC - Pedestrian lane

2019-11-22 Thread Nick Bolten
the carriageway of the road. Other mappers seem to use this scheme too (already 743 uses and only every 7th is from me). Neat! I really like that proposal and would be interested in chatting about other potential use cases. Thanks again, Nick On Sat, Nov 16, 2019 at 2:25 AM

Re: [Tagging] Feature Proposal - RFC - Pedestrian lane

2019-11-12 Thread Nick Bolten
Nick On Mon, Nov 11, 2019 at 2:02 PM Markus wrote: > Hi Nick, > > Please excuse my late reply. :( > > On Wed, 6 Nov 2019 at 00:53, Nick Bolten wrote: > > > > ## Similarities to shoulders and an opportunity to figure out how to tag > them. > > > > Woul

Re: [Tagging] Feature Proposal - RFC - Pedestrian lane

2019-11-05 Thread Nick Bolten
At the risk of going down a rabbit hole, I'm going to suggest some ways to think about this that will hopefully spark some discussion related how this tag could be used with pedestrian navigation. ## Similarities to shoulders and an opportunity to figure out how to tag them. Would it be fair to s

Re: [Tagging] wheelchair = hiking

2019-06-18 Thread Nick Bolten
> IMO wheelchair=yes means accessible for most basic wheelchairs. Yes, but it's something that is frequently difficult to estimate. In interviews with wheelchair users, many will give strong opinions about what they personally think is accessible and their responses vary more than most people expe

Re: [Tagging] wheelchair = hiking

2019-06-18 Thread Nick Bolten
I would suggest developing a new tag that means, "this authority has designated this path as accessible by wheelchair users", as that's the information you actually possess and can communicate. A description of on-the-ground infrastructure would also be appropriate, though I suspect there might not

Re: [Tagging] Non-orthogonal crossing=* tag proposals: crossing=marked/unmarked vs crossing:markings=yes/no

2019-05-26 Thread Nick Bolten
tin Koppenhoefer wrote: > > > sent from a phone > > On 24. May 2019, at 23:35, Nick Bolten wrote: > > > crossing=traffic_signals – there are explicit traffic signals that tell > pedestrians when to stop. There are very likely road markings, but even if > not, the absence of

Re: [Tagging] Non-orthogonal crossing=* tag proposals: crossing=marked/unmarked vs crossing:markings=yes/no

2019-05-26 Thread Nick Bolten
I think I'll start using access=no as well, that's a good idea. On Sat, May 25, 2019, 8:44 AM Mateusz Konieczny wrote: > > > > 24 May 2019, 23:41 by nbol...@gmail.com: > > > What sort of feature gets tagged crossing=no? Does one draw a line or > node to represent the footway that isn't there? >

Re: [Tagging] Non-orthogonal crossing=* tag proposals: crossing=marked/unmarked vs crossing:markings=yes/no

2019-05-26 Thread Nick Bolten
> Legal status/right of way as far as pedestrians and drivers on the road are concerned. Ah, I see. This is not as clear-cut as it might seem, worldwide. There are many laws on the books about marked crossings that are not directly superceded by the existence of signals. It can get pretty complex:

Re: [Tagging] Non-orthogonal crossing=* tag proposals: crossing=marked/unmarked vs crossing:markings=yes/no

2019-05-25 Thread Nick Bolten
> Which seems to be precisely the opposite of how most people interpret it. Which is very bad, because those people are all diametrically opposed to the wiki definition that, for all its problems, been around for about a decade. To me, this says that there is likely a lot of bad data out there. I

Re: [Tagging] Non-orthogonal crossing=* tag proposals: crossing=marked/unmarked vs crossing:markings=yes/no

2019-05-25 Thread Nick Bolten
> Here we seem to be in fundamental disagreement. A crossing with traffic signals is a crossing with traffic signals independent of road markings These proposals are literally to tag these things independently. > the interaction of pedestrians and traffic is determined by the status of the light

Re: [Tagging] Non-orthogonal crossing=* tag proposals: crossing=marked/unmarked vs crossing:markings=yes/no

2019-05-25 Thread Nick Bolten
> What do you mean by a crossing with traffic signals AND with road markings? Status quo, per the wiki: tag with crossing=traffic_signals, hiding/erasing any information about markings that would be communicated in other values. Under the new proposals: tag with crossing=marked (or crossing:marki

Re: [Tagging] Non-orthogonal crossing=* tag proposals: crossing=marked/unmarked vs crossing:markings=yes/no

2019-05-24 Thread Nick Bolten
i, May 24, 2019, 10:55 AM Nick Bolten wrote: > Hi everyone! > > I have two proposals out regarding the crossing tag and how it is not > orthogonal, leading to all kinds of issues in mapping crossings and later > interpreting that data. As currently written, if both propo

Re: [Tagging] Non-orthogonal crossing=* tag proposals: crossing=marked/unmarked vs crossing:markings=yes/no

2019-05-24 Thread Nick Bolten
Neat! I've been seeing those FHWA guidelines in various state regulation PDFs, didn't know they were coming from the feds. On Fri, May 24, 2019 at 7:09 PM Clifford Snow wrote: > > > On Fri, May 24, 2019 at 6:27 PM Nick Bolten wrote: > >> Well, now I'

Re: [Tagging] Constructive communication medium (was:Filter bubbles in OSM)

2019-05-24 Thread Nick Bolten
Oof, sorry, I managed to discuss software despite your last message. Please disregard. On Fri, May 24, 2019 at 7:06 PM Nick Bolten wrote: > I like the thesis (and it's so organized)! I give it a👌. > > I like the idea of using discourse - or at least something similarly > flex

Re: [Tagging] Constructive communication medium (was:Filter bubbles in OSM)

2019-05-24 Thread Nick Bolten
gt; But I was waiting for a cue like this. Thank you for that, Nick. Let's > be positive, and talk about ideas. > > We can't change the people, but we can change the communication medium > which can have a very big effect. > > > > I would like to brainstorm what featur

Re: [Tagging] Non-orthogonal crossing=* tag proposals: crossing=marked/unmarked vs crossing:markings=yes/no

2019-05-24 Thread Nick Bolten
wrote: > On 5/24/2019 8:13 PM, Nick Bolten wrote: > > I do believe that in at least some parts of Texas, zebra crossings > > have some additional legal/right-of-way implications. In this case, > > when I say zebra, I mean the diagonal stripes enclosed by parallel > >

Re: [Tagging] Non-orthogonal crossing=* tag proposals: crossing=marked/unmarked vs crossing:markings=yes/no

2019-05-24 Thread Nick Bolten
> You can’t cross here Fully agree. This tag is the least ambiguous. There are some good discussions to have in the future to of whether to add language to the wiki to state whether the crossing must be illegal, or if it's also okay to tag if the crossing is unsafe or unreasonable. > You can cros

Re: [Tagging] Non-orthogonal crossing=* tag proposals: crossing=marked/unmarked vs crossing:markings=yes/no

2019-05-24 Thread Nick Bolten
> Do you happen to know what the legal implication is, if any? Pedestrians have the right of way at both marked and unmarked crossings in Texas, which is pretty common in other states of the USA. Sticking strictly to legal implications, marked crossings define a space where cars can't occupy while

Re: [Tagging] solving iD conflict (was: pointlessly inflamatory title)

2019-05-24 Thread Nick Bolten
in that thread, so let's keep them there. On Fri, May 24, 2019 at 4:01 PM Paul Allen wrote: > On Fri, 24 May 2019 at 23:16, Nick Bolten wrote: > > > Legally, it is. "Blind" in the UK legally covers a wide range of visual >>> impairment (...) >> >>

Re: [Tagging] Filter bubbles in OSM

2019-05-24 Thread Nick Bolten
erent options are offered constructively. You can see that happen pretty often. How do we make that happen more? On Fri, May 24, 2019 at 3:14 PM Andy Townsend wrote: > On 24/05/2019 19:42, Nick Bolten wrote: > > > > I'd like that to be the case. What is the plan for making th

Re: [Tagging] solving iD conflict (was: pointlessly inflamatory title)

2019-05-24 Thread Nick Bolten
ut I don't believe I used that language. 4. I fail to see how describing a response as condescending would even be an insult. I don't recall calling anyone's intelligence into question, but I've sure been on the receiving end of it. Am I wrong to point this out? On Fri, May 24, 2

Re: [Tagging] Non-orthogonal crossing=* tag proposals: crossing=marked/unmarked vs crossing:markings=yes/no

2019-05-24 Thread Nick Bolten
> Nothing I said changes the meaning of any existing tags. It does, because the tags did not specify your exact meanings. You're adding them: that's a change. > You seem to be one of very few people that is incapable of understanding the existing tags, and you shouldn’t be projecting your seeming

Re: [Tagging] Non-orthogonal crossing=* tag proposals: crossing=marked/unmarked vs crossing:markings=yes/no

2019-05-24 Thread Nick Bolten
> Such purely implied crossings would be crossing=unmarked, and under the "do not map local legislation" rule, I would only map them if they have a physical presence (e.g. lowered kerbs). If we only mapped marked crossings and/or ones implied from curb ramps, then most sidewalks would be disconnec

Re: [Tagging] Non-orthogonal crossing=* tag proposals: crossing=marked/unmarked vs crossing:markings=yes/no

2019-05-24 Thread Nick Bolten
> AFAIK once traffic lights are present markings are not changing anything (and crossing with traffic lights without markings are really rare, I suspect that almost always result of worn-out painting or recent surface reconstruction). Change anything for whom? Markings and their location/style imp

Re: [Tagging] Non-orthogonal crossing=* tag proposals: crossing=marked/unmarked vs crossing:markings=yes/no

2019-05-24 Thread Nick Bolten
> What sort of feature gets tagged crossing=no? Does one draw a line or node to represent the footway that isn't there? Personally, I've tagged crossing=no on ways either when it's illegal (there's a sign saying no crossing) or when it appears to be very dangerous and it's already been tagged with

Re: [Tagging] Non-orthogonal crossing=* tag proposals: crossing=marked/unmarked vs crossing:markings=yes/no

2019-05-24 Thread Nick Bolten
> crossing=traffic_signals – there are explicit traffic signals that tell pedestrians when to stop. There are very likely road markings, but even if not, the absence of road markings, in the presence of actual traffic signals, is irrelevant for how this crossing operates. I think the other definit

Re: [Tagging] Non-orthogonal crossing=* tag proposals: crossing=marked/unmarked vs crossing:markings=yes/no

2019-05-24 Thread Nick Bolten
ne here is to basically define that the different crossing=* > values imply default values for various other tags (the same way as the > wiki currently already documents what e.g. crossing=zebra or > crossing=pelican implies). > > > > > > *From:* Nick Bolten > *Sent:* Satu

Re: [Tagging] Filter bubbles in OSM

2019-05-24 Thread Nick Bolten
there's a third option? On Fri, May 24, 2019 at 11:54 AM Paul Allen wrote: > On Fri, 24 May 2019 at 19:43, Nick Bolten wrote: > >> It's a two-pronged recipe for disaster: make it very difficult to >> independently know what to do, then have an often toxic environm

Re: [Tagging] solving iD conflict (was: pointlessly inflamatory title)

2019-05-24 Thread Nick Bolten
ing to discuss on other threads. On Fri, May 24, 2019 at 11:21 AM Paul Allen wrote: > On Fri, 24 May 2019 at 18:30, Nick Bolten wrote: > >> Notice the extent to which personalisms are being launched. >> > > Yes. I noticed when you implied that I hated blind people. I not

Re: [Tagging] Filter bubbles in OSM

2019-05-24 Thread Nick Bolten
that to be the case. What is the plan for making this an inclusive community that doesn't devolve into negative, personal accusations so easily? It hasn't happened on its own. On Fri, May 24, 2019 at 5:26 AM Andy Townsend wrote: > On 23/05/2019 20:58, Nick Bolten wrote (in the &quo

Re: [Tagging] solving iD conflict

2019-05-24 Thread Nick Bolten
t, the chances are you'll find one. Especially with these non specific accusations which few here can recognise. This seems to justify the idea that disagreement = expect petty fights, given the context. This is also demonstrating my points about decorum. On Fri, May 24, 2019 at 11:09 AM Dave F w

Re: [Tagging] solving iD conflict

2019-05-24 Thread Nick Bolten
emonstration of my points about decorum. On Fri, May 24, 2019 at 10:50 AM Dave F via Tagging < tagging@openstreetmap.org> wrote: > On 24/05/2019 18:29, Nick Bolten wrote: > > Notice the extent to which personalisms are being launched. > > But Nick, /you/ made it personal. I haven&

[Tagging] Non-orthogonal crossing=* tag proposals: crossing=marked/unmarked vs crossing:markings=yes/no

2019-05-24 Thread Nick Bolten
Hi everyone! I have two proposals out regarding the crossing tag and how it is not orthogonal, leading to all kinds of issues in mapping crossings and later interpreting that data. As currently written, if both proposals were accepted, crossing=traffic_signals/uncontrolled/unmarked would become tw

Re: [Tagging] solving iD conflict (was: pointlessly inflamatory title)

2019-05-24 Thread Nick Bolten
> What you mean by that? Edit wiki once it is useful, link back it at mailing list, update if there is something wrong with it? Yes, exactly! And sometimes the thing that's "wrong with it" is just that it's vague, does not adequately address exceptions, or doesn't have enough examples for people i

Re: [Tagging] solving iD conflict (was: pointlessly inflamatory title)

2019-05-24 Thread Nick Bolten
are safer at marked crossings, and (2) it was repeatedly stated that mapping these things isn't important. They were asked as questions, and there was no response. On Fri, May 24, 2019 at 10:18 AM Paul Allen wrote: > On Fri, 24 May 2019 at 18:04, Nick Bolten wrote: > >> This is

Re: [Tagging] solving iD conflict (was: pointlessly inflamatory title)

2019-05-24 Thread Nick Bolten
This is a pretty good example of some of that unhelpful behavior I mentioned... There is a toxic habit that's far too common on this mailing list to speculate about bad intentions and then state them as if they are fact. It serves no purpose other than to divide and denigrate and has no place in a

Re: [Tagging] solving iD conflict (was: pointlessly inflamatory title)

2019-05-24 Thread Nick Bolten
cation. For example: have wiki editing action items at the end of most discussions On Fri, May 24, 2019, 3:58 AM Florian Lohoff wrote: > > Hola Nick, > > On Thu, May 23, 2019 at 03:59:17PM -0700, Nick Bolten wrote: > > So far as I can tell, the topic on this mailing list (as it oft

Re: [Tagging] solving iD conflict (was: pointlessly inflamatory title)

2019-05-24 Thread Nick Bolten
m Fr., 24. Mai 2019 um 01:00 Uhr schrieb Nick Bolten : > >> So far as I can tell, the topic on this mailing list (as it often is) is >> to gripe about how the iD editor isn't listening to this mailing list (and >> sometimes on Github issues). >> > > > iD

Re: [Tagging] solving iD conflict (was: pointlessly inflamatory title)

2019-05-24 Thread Nick Bolten
turn into), as that doesn't serve any purpose but division and pettiness. If you ask privately I'd be happy to send you examples. On Fri, May 24, 2019, 1:56 AM Simon Poole wrote: > > Am 24.05.2019 um 00:59 schrieb Nick Bolten: > > > The talk ML might be a better spot f

Re: [Tagging] solving iD conflict (was: pointlessly inflamatory title)

2019-05-23 Thread Nick Bolten
of my replies have distracted from my point: what is the goal of this mailing list and how do these threads serve it, given these behaviors? Surely there is a better way to collaborate. On Thu, May 23, 2019 at 4:39 PM Frederik Ramm wrote: > Hi, > > On 5/23/19 21:58, Nick Bolten wrote:

Re: [Tagging] solving iD conflict (was: pointlessly inflamatory title)

2019-05-23 Thread Nick Bolten
spect > instead of with a rant ;-) > > Tobias > > On 23/05/2019 21:58, Nick Bolten wrote: > >> Yes, it would be great. There is plenty of negative emotion on both > sides and it would be great to reverse this (for example title that I used > was frankly stupid what

Re: [Tagging] solving iD conflict (was: pointlessly inflamatory title)

2019-05-23 Thread Nick Bolten
o that unless it's absolutely necessary. On Thu, May 23, 2019 at 2:43 PM Michael Reichert wrote: > Hi Nick, > > Am 23.05.19 um 21:58 schrieb Nick Bolten: > > # My experience with this mailing list: > > - Quick to exasperate. > > - You will be assumed to be com

Re: [Tagging] iD adding highway=footway to all railway/public_transport=platform ways and relations

2019-05-23 Thread Nick Bolten
That bus stop has essentially the same surface conditions as the picture for `highway=platform`. Who wants to update the wiki? On Thu, May 23, 2019 at 3:46 PM Jo wrote: > Indeed not a platform, just a bus stop with a bench and maybe a shelter, > not sure. If the kerb were a bit higher where the

Re: [Tagging] solving iD conflict (was: pointlessly inflamatory title)

2019-05-23 Thread Nick Bolten
> Yes, it would be great. There is plenty of negative emotion on both sides and it would be great to reverse this (for example title that I used was frankly stupid what I realized after sending the message). OSM needs an alternative for community tagging discussions outside of these mailing lists.

Re: [Tagging] iD adding highway=footway to all railway/public_transport=platform ways and relations

2019-05-23 Thread Nick Bolten
That segment of platform by the bus shelter is both a footway and a platform. In many scenarios, the "platform" might be distinguished by nothing but some paint on a curb - clearly it's just a part of the sidewalk where a bus stops. We shouldn't ask mappers to decide how platform-ie or footway-ie

Re: [Tagging] iD adding highway=footway to all railway/public_transport=platform ways and relations

2019-05-23 Thread Nick Bolten
Ah, I see! That all makes sense. On Thu, May 23, 2019, 10:42 AM Markus wrote: > On Thu, 23 May 2019 at 18:28, Nick Bolten wrote: > > > > I'm confused, because these two statements seem incompatible. If it's > redundant, how can it also have a conflict like different

Re: [Tagging] iD adding highway=footway to all railway/public_transport=platform ways and relations

2019-05-23 Thread Nick Bolten
The only coherent rule I can surmise based on how footways are mapped "in the wild" is that it's an outdoor linear feature and it's primarily intended for pedestrians. Linear transit platforms people walk to, from, and on seem to fit the other uses of the tag, hence my questions. The rendering exa

Re: [Tagging] iD adding highway=footway to all railway/public_transport=platform ways and relations

2019-05-23 Thread Nick Bolten
rians, > but that does not make a bus stop platform a footway. > Giving an extreme example: Paved brownfields and parking lots are not > footways. But following the argument of the iD developers, they probably > should. > > Tobias > > On 23/05/2019 18:26, Nick Bolten wro

Re: [Tagging] iD adding highway=footway to all railway/public_transport=platform ways and relations

2019-05-23 Thread Nick Bolten
ess that aren't footways? On Thu, May 23, 2019, 9:35 AM Jmapb wrote: > On 5/23/2019 12:26 PM, Nick Bolten wrote: > > I'm confused, because these two statements seem incompatible. If it's > > redundant, how can it also have a conflict like different address >

Re: [Tagging] iD adding highway=footway to all railway/public_transport=platform ways and relations

2019-05-23 Thread Nick Bolten
I'm confused, because these two statements seem incompatible. If it's redundant, how can it also have a conflict like different address restrictions? I'd like to know how, as a data consumer, I should reliably interpret existing platforms without the tag added by iD. Taking a step back, can anyone

Re: [Tagging] Feature Proposal - RFC (etc) for crossing:signals

2019-05-22 Thread Nick Bolten
tin Koppenhoefer wrote: > > > sent from a phone > > On 20. May 2019, at 17:17, Nick Bolten wrote: > > > I would suggest to tag the exception, i.e. the absence of crossing > markings where there is a pedestrian traffic light controlled crossing, > with an additional propert

Re: [Tagging] Feature Proposal - RFC (etc) for crossing:signals

2019-05-22 Thread Nick Bolten
others think about this approach? New subtags for markings/signals, old tags still allowed? On Wed, May 22, 2019 at 8:39 AM Tobias Knerr wrote: > On 08.05.19 01:30, Nick Bolten wrote: > > Would it be fair to say you're suggesting something along the lines of > > crossing:marking

Re: [Tagging] "Unambiguous crossings" proposals and related questions

2019-05-20 Thread Nick Bolten
That is an interesting case! Looking at mapillary, it looks like part of it is paved. I'm not sure whether that makes it a footway or not, but it looks incredibly dangerous to cross there: https://www.mapillary.com/app/?lat=53.91808029997222&lng=-1.164232900018&z=17.363583160262273&focus=photo

Re: [Tagging] Feature Proposal - RFC (etc) for crossing:signals

2019-05-20 Thread Nick Bolten
unset and needing data. Only a thorough in-person audit / broken use case will detect the error. > I don't deny that such edits may be a problem, I'm not convinced your proposal is the best solution. I'm open to other strategies. What do you propose? On Mon, May 20, 2019 at 5:53 A

Re: [Tagging] Feature Proposal - RFC (etc) for crossing:signals

2019-05-20 Thread Nick Bolten
e. I'm not following, could you give an example? Best, Nick On Mon, May 20, 2019, 12:54 AM Martin Koppenhoefer wrote: > > > Am Mo., 20. Mai 2019 um 07:53 Uhr schrieb Nick Bolten : > >> Hello everyone, this is a late addition to this thread (I'll start a new >>

Re: [Tagging] Feature Proposal - RFC (etc) for crossing:signals

2019-05-19 Thread Nick Bolten
ssing:signals, tags for markings would never conflict with tags for signals. Best, Nick On Sun, May 19, 2019 at 11:46 PM Graeme Fitzpatrick wrote: > > > On Mon, 20 May 2019 at 15:53, Nick Bolten wrote: > >> Hello everyone, this is a late addition to this thread (I'll sta

Re: [Tagging] Feature Proposal - RFC (etc) for crossing:signals

2019-05-19 Thread Nick Bolten
the ground. This is topical, as crossing=traffic_signals is often claimed to imply crossing=marked. On Tue, May 7, 2019 at 2:08 PM Nick Bolten wrote: > https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Proposed_features/crossing:signals > > Hello fellow tagging enthusiasts! > > This proposal

Re: [Tagging] "Unambiguous crossings" proposals and related questions

2019-05-19 Thread Nick Bolten
problem: I reply to just about every single thread, quoting just about everything and attempting to take it into consideration. Let's try to make this a productive discussion, not one laden with (for some reason primarily German-speaking-originating) disdain. On Sun, May 19, 2019 at 10:20 P

Re: [Tagging] "Unambiguous crossings" proposals and related questions

2019-05-19 Thread Nick Bolten
oring it and bulldozing your way > forward. > > > > *From:* Nick Bolten > *Sent:* Monday, 20 May 2019 10:48 > *To:* Tag discussion, strategy and related tools < > tagging@openstreetmap.org> > *Subject:* Re: [Tagging] "Unambiguous crossings" proposals and

Re: [Tagging] "Unambiguous crossings" proposals and related questions

2019-05-19 Thread Nick Bolten
ategy, I'd also be interested in making a new thread about it in the hopes of making it one. On Sun, May 19, 2019 at 10:09 PM John Willis via Tagging < tagging@openstreetmap.org> wrote: > > > > > On May 20, 2019, at 9:52 AM, Nick Bolten wrote: > > Unfortuna

Re: [Tagging] "Unambiguous crossings" proposals and related questions

2019-05-19 Thread Nick Bolten
Hey Markus, This is a very good example that I somehow forgot to add to any of my replies / the wiki. Thank you for reminding me! There are certainly many crossings that have pedestrian signals but are tagged with the flavor du jour of crossing=marked because the latter can be mapped from aerial

Re: [Tagging] "Unambiguous crossings" proposals and related questions

2019-05-19 Thread Nick Bolten
> if you do not draw the ways for people to cross, then they don’t exist, right? Unfortunately, people will draw the crossing if there isn't negative information there saying to stop doing that, e.g. crossing=no. I'd add crossing=no to that particular place in addition to your recommendations. Thi

Re: [Tagging] "Unambiguous crossings" proposals and related questions

2019-05-19 Thread Nick Bolten
It's a little disappointing to see these points rehashed given the lengthy recent discussions, but at the risk of creating a new massive thread I'd like to clear some things up. > "The "traffic_signals" namespace is used to describe both vehicular traffic signals and pedestrian/bicycle traffic sig

Re: [Tagging] How to tag sidewalk slides

2019-05-16 Thread Nick Bolten
The amount of time someone spent at an incline is important for some pedestrians, so I'd use an option that splits the way and sets the incline tag. sidewalk=slide might be related to a tag I've wanted for a while. I think I would personally call that a ramp, so maybe a use of a tag like ramp=yes

Re: [Tagging] Feature Proposal - crossing=marked

2019-05-16 Thread Nick Bolten
I agree that it's very confuddled. I'm going to start a new thread soon after I make some updates to the proposal, primarily for clarity and covering some of the most common questions that have come up here. I'd like to steal your examples, if you don't mind, for the wiki. The response you receive

Re: [Tagging] Feature Proposal - crossing=marked

2019-05-12 Thread Nick Bolten
ap. After these discussions, my preference is for a unique tag for street traffic signals at crossings: crossing:street_signal=yes/no/traffic_lights/warning/*, with wording up for debate. On Sat, May 11, 2019 at 6:41 AM Martin Koppenhoefer wrote: > > > sent from a phone > > >

Re: [Tagging] Feature Proposal - crossing=marked

2019-05-12 Thread Nick Bolten
is wrong: those two values are not truly orthogonal, they make statements about different things. A crossing *has* ground markings. A crossing *has* traffic signals. They are separate properties. I don't know why this distinction is pedantic. Seems important to me. On Sat, May 11, 20

Re: [Tagging] Feature Proposal - crossing=marked

2019-05-10 Thread Nick Bolten
.pcinvasion.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/cities-skylines-canal.jpg I'd like to harness those people by writing some accessible mapping apps and get good pedestrian tags, but I don't want to add bad crossing tags... On Fri, May 10, 2019 at 5:02 PM Paul Allen wrote: > On Sat, 1

Re: [Tagging] Feature Proposal - crossing=marked

2019-05-10 Thread Nick Bolten
ossing, the central island is crossing:island=yes, the other two are... well, I don't know, really. That's what I'm asking questions about. Maybe crossing=traffic_signals. On Fri, May 10, 2019 at 4:31 PM Paul Allen wrote: > On Fri, 10 May 2019 at 23:59, Nick Bolten wrote: &

Re: [Tagging] Feature Proposal - crossing=marked

2019-05-10 Thread Nick Bolten
ic then there won’t be a crossing tag. I think I'm confused. crossing=unmarked and crossing=uncontrolled would both apply in that situation, right? On Fri, May 10, 2019 at 4:24 PM Martin Koppenhoefer wrote: > > > sent from a phone > > > On 11. May 2019, at 00:57, Nick Bolte

Re: [Tagging] Feature Proposal - crossing=marked

2019-05-10 Thread Nick Bolten
only" traffic light. > Is there any unsyncronized crossing with the same traffic lights inside > the crossing? Which drunken monkey design these crossings? How many people > die in ? > > > Map a marked crossing where pedestrians lack the right of way. > Error: Pedestrian

Re: [Tagging] Feature Proposal - crossing=marked

2019-05-10 Thread Nick Bolten
o introduce a replacement scheme, encourage it for new use and manually replace the old scheme. Given that I've received a different definition of the term "uncontrolled" from every response in this and the other proposal thread, I do not suspect this is an issue that is occasional nor

Re: [Tagging] Feature Proposal - crossing=marked

2019-05-10 Thread Nick Bolten
to cross. Despite this, the crossing=traffic_signals tag has been used to describe all of these things, somehow. On Fri, May 10, 2019 at 12:31 PM Paul Allen wrote: > On Fri, 10 May 2019 at 19:27, Nick Bolten wrote: > >> This all makes sense, but the question is: what does >> c

Re: [Tagging] Feature Proposal - crossing=marked

2019-05-10 Thread Nick Bolten
way, I wouldn't be against that, either. On Fri, May 10, 2019 at 4:45 AM Paul Allen wrote: > On Thu, 9 May 2019 at 23:26, Nick Bolten wrote: > >> >> Yes, but a traffic light for whom? I've seen mappers who assume it means >> "walk"/"do not walk&quo

Re: [Tagging] Feature Proposal - crossing=marked

2019-05-09 Thread Nick Bolten
> If there is not any control of the crossing...yes otherwise should be crossing=traffic_signals or supervised=yes as you can read in the wiki. But the meaning of "control" varies by region and municipality, and does not imply the presence or absence of ground markings. A controlled crossing can h

Re: [Tagging] Feature Proposal - crossing=marked

2019-05-09 Thread Nick Bolten
t of this proposal: we should be using a specific tag for markings. > Well, we have it and it is called crossing_ref. > > > I'm attempting to build community consensus by writing a proposal and > then explaining it on this mailing list. > I was talking about crossing=zeb

Re: [Tagging] Feature Proposal - crossing=marked

2019-05-09 Thread Nick Bolten
s the latter. I tend to avoid mapping it at all because I don't want to add ambiguous data to the map. On Thu, May 9, 2019 at 2:52 PM Martin Koppenhoefer wrote: > > > sent from a phone > > > On 7. May 2019, at 22:57, Nick Bolten wrote: > > > > One of t

Re: [Tagging] Feature Proposal - RFC (etc) for crossing:signals

2019-05-09 Thread Nick Bolten
> Same around here. Most of them have tactile paving too. Please join our discussion of crossing=marked! Without wanting to invite discussion in this thread, this is not what "uncontrolled" means in OpenStreetMap, and it's one of the reasons we should change it. On Wed, May 8, 2019 at 4:52 AM P

Re: [Tagging] Feature Proposal - RFC (etc) for crossing:signals

2019-05-09 Thread Nick Bolten
> > Le 08.05.19 à 01:30, Nick Bolten a écrit : > > > Unmarked crossings are abstract "fictions" > > > > beware of caricature : > > - unmarked pedestrian crossings with lowered kerb for wheelchairs > > - unmarked pedestrian crossing that connects a

Re: [Tagging] Feature Proposal - RFC (etc) for crossing:signals

2019-05-09 Thread Nick Bolten
> Just because mapping something requires real survey rather than mapping from aerial imagery is not making it fictional or unofficial. You are correct. To clarify, my use of quotation marks is meant to communicate that I'm not literally saying they are a fiction - just similar to one. There is no

Re: [Tagging] Feature Proposal - RFC (etc) for crossing:signals

2019-05-09 Thread Nick Bolten
> and we already have it : crossing_ref I was only referencing these facts to note a synergy with another proposal. It won't be productive to hash out the entirety of problems with crossing=uncontrolled and the proposal to use crossing=marked in this thread, so I'll ask that we have in-depth discu

Re: [Tagging] Feature Proposal - RFC (etc) for crossing:signals

2019-05-09 Thread Nick Bolten
personal invective that are issued at the drop of a hat, with zero invitation, and it does nothing except divide. On Wed, May 8, 2019 at 1:59 AM marc marc wrote: > Le 07.05.19 à 23:08, Nick Bolten a écrit : > > What do crossing=uncontrolled/unmarked/traffic_signals say about these

Re: [Tagging] Feature Proposal - crossing=marked

2019-05-09 Thread Nick Bolten
This subthread is doing a good job of showing why "uncontrolled" is opaque to users and mappers, as it is primarily an issue of local legal questions and not physical, on-the-ground features, despite the fact that "uncontrolled" in OSM is meant to also describe those (like markings). Because it's a

Re: [Tagging] Feature Proposal - crossing=marked

2019-05-09 Thread Nick Bolten
enerate these > problems. > Are you sure we need a new tagging scheme for crossings? Are you sure > there is not other existing way to map whatever you want with the present > tagging scheme? > > I don't think so > Health and maps (Salut i mapes) > yopaseopor > > >

Re: [Tagging] Feature Proposal - crossing=marked

2019-05-09 Thread Nick Bolten
aware. Please read my proposal, where I explicitly discuss this. > a bad preset is not a good usage Please explain why it's a bad preset. Best, Nick On Wed, May 8, 2019 at 1:51 AM marc marc wrote: > Le 07.05.19 à 22:57, Nick Bolten a écrit : > > - crossing=* values

Re: [Tagging] Feature Proposal - RFC (etc) for crossing:signals

2019-05-07 Thread Nick Bolten
curious to find some survey data regarding the importance of pedestrian features that included crosswalks and signals. I could've sworn I knew of one, but am having trouble finding it. Best, Nick On Tue, May 7, 2019 at 3:08 PM Tobias Knerr wrote: > On 07.05.19 23:08, Nick Bo

Re: [Tagging] Feature Proposal - RFC (etc) for crossing:signals

2019-05-07 Thread Nick Bolten
> 1) You cannot deprecate a tagging that is used 750k times (crossing=uncontrolled) or 570k times (crossing=traffic_signals) This proposal does not deprecate crossing=uncontrolled. For the latter: why not? The tag is, in technical terms, garbage, and other tags in relatively high use have been de

[Tagging] Feature Proposal - RFC (etc) for crossing:signals

2019-05-07 Thread Nick Bolten
https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Proposed_features/crossing:signals Hello fellow tagging enthusiasts! This proposal suggests the deprecation of crossing=traffic_signals and replacing it with crossing:signals=yes, i.e. placing pedestrian signalization on a dedicated tag that is separate from cr

[Tagging] Feature Proposal - crossing=marked

2019-05-07 Thread Nick Bolten
https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Proposed_features/crossing%3Dmarked Hello, fellow tagging enthusiasts! At long last, and after many discussions on a variety of fora, I am putting this proposal forward in the hopes of getting feedback, making any necessary revisions, and then moving to a vote.

Re: [Tagging] Handicap Parking Access Aisles

2019-05-05 Thread Nick Bolten
Hi all! I think a value of "access_aisle" is entirely appropriate and that it makes sense to be a footway, such as highway=footway + footway=access_aisle, though if there's another new subtype that would be a catch-all for similar features that would also make sense (e.g. footway=service). Access

Re: [Tagging] RFC - Feature Proposal - area of steps for pedestrians.

2019-03-29 Thread Nick Bolten
I like the idea of addressing the area-ness of steps! Thanks for taking the initiative on this. I have a couple questions and ideas that are hopefully helpful. # curb (kerb) lines What would you think of tagging each step way as a kerb line? e.g., each step way could be barrier=kerb, kerb=raised,

Re: [Tagging] Mapping curb (kerb) lines as the home of curb, parking, etc information

2019-03-05 Thread Nick Bolten
ta for pedestrian modeling + parking if I felt confident in the tagging schema. Best, Nick On Tue, Mar 5, 2019 at 2:32 PM Tobias Knerr wrote: > On 05.03.19 01:01, Nick Bolten wrote: > > What would you think > > of a new 'associatedStreet'-style relation that w

Re: [Tagging] Mapping curb (kerb) lines as the home of curb, parking, etc information

2019-03-04 Thread Nick Bolten
of information that tends to go unmapped. Best, Nick On Mon, Mar 4, 2019 at 12:05 PM Tobias Knerr wrote: > On 03.03.19 20:12, Nick Bolten wrote: > > I wanted to get a discussion started to see what people think of > > mapping curbs as ways. > > Can we please first defi

Re: [Tagging] Mapping curb (kerb) lines as the home of curb, parking, etc information

2019-03-04 Thread Nick Bolten
his is to say, what would you think of a way that only had kerb=lowered? Should there be a barrier=kerb tag there? Or *=kerb? Best, Nick On Mon, Mar 4, 2019 at 8:44 AM Martin Koppenhoefer wrote: > > > sent from a phone > > > On 4. Mar 2019, at 17:28, Nick Bolten wrote: > &

Re: [Tagging] Mapping curb (kerb) lines as the home of curb, parking, etc information

2019-03-04 Thread Nick Bolten
https://taginfo.openstreetmap.org/search?q=kerb#keys > > Then...you know you will need more tags...cuz it is not enough ;) > PD: don't map for the render (instead it would be OSM official's one). All > real info is welcomed > > Salut i mapes > yopaseopor > > On Sun,

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