Re: [Tagging] Lane dividers

2012-10-18 Thread Tobias Knerr
On 18.10.2012 21:56, Alberto wrote: > I think that tagging the effect is more important than the actual behavior > of the sign. > If you are in an unknown country, what would you like from your GPS, that it > gives you correct navigation instructions or correct rendering? Both. ;) In either case,

Re: [Tagging] Lane dividers

2012-10-18 Thread Alberto
>Two issues I see here: >* type:divider - this key doesn't seem very intuitive to me. No, I don't have a better one right now but I'll start thinking ;-) >* values: if we tag the way the divider looks, any application has to understand all values in all countries. I'll ask again: do we really gain

Re: [Tagging] Lane dividers

2012-10-18 Thread Martin Koppenhoefer
2012/10/17 Tobias Knerr : > Another possible idea (= not the same as a finished solution) would be > to introduce something like this: > > type:divider = solid_line|double_solid_line|dashed_line|kerb > > Basically, use the idea of lanes, but a different suffix - and > consequently a different numbe

Re: [Tagging] Lane dividers

2012-10-18 Thread Martin Vonwald
2012/10/17 Tobias Knerr : > You can distinguish at most 4 types of dividers with two pairs of yes/no > - but there are a lot more types out there. That's a big part of the > original divider proposal, which even includes values like "dots". > For example, how do you reconstruct the distinction betw

Re: [Tagging] Lane dividers

2012-10-17 Thread Tobias Knerr
On 17.10.2012 13:19, Martin Vonwald wrote: > 2012/10/17 Tobias Knerr : >> This problem does indeed exist, but it only appears with oneway roads > > I don't like something that only works in case a but not in b. This was merely meant as an interesting observation that I wanted to point out for tho

Re: [Tagging] Lane dividers

2012-10-17 Thread Martin Vonwald
Sorry, I didn't want to be rude. I only want to show an example why those special characters - that from time to time are suggested - will not work. Martin 2012/10/17 Tobias Johansson : > 2012/10/17 Martin Vonwald : >> 2012/10/17 Tobias Johansson : >>> Since It was your first idea I wanted to te

Re: [Tagging] Lane dividers

2012-10-17 Thread Tobias Johansson
2012/10/17 Martin Vonwald : > 2012/10/17 Tobias Johansson : >> Since It was your first idea I wanted to tell you my first idea. That >> is to let the diveders in the lanes tag represent the lines. >> | (solid line) >> : (dashed line) >> :| (crossable from on side) >> turn:lanes=left:through|through

Re: [Tagging] Lane dividers

2012-10-17 Thread Martin Vonwald
2012/10/17 Tobias Johansson : > Since It was your first idea I wanted to tell you my first idea. That > is to let the diveders in the lanes tag represent the lines. > | (solid line) > : (dashed line) > :| (crossable from on side) > turn:lanes=left:through|through|:right (for example) Seen someth

Re: [Tagging] Lane dividers

2012-10-17 Thread Martin Vonwald
2012/10/17 Tobias Knerr : > This problem does indeed exist, but it only appears with oneway roads I don't like something that only works in case a but not in b. >> Now (a time ago) I came up with something different: have a look at >> part 3 of the first example: >> http://wiki.openstreetmap.org

Re: [Tagging] Lane dividers

2012-10-17 Thread Tobias Johansson
Since It was your first idea I wanted to tell you my first idea. That is to let the diveders in the lanes tag represent the lines. | (solid line) : (dashed line) :| (crossable from on side) turn:lanes=left:through|through|:right (for example) 2 big drawbacks. 1. The :lanes tag is not "one" tag s

Re: [Tagging] Lane dividers

2012-10-17 Thread Tobias Knerr
On 17.10.2012 09:31, Martin Vonwald wrote: > Obviously we need some kind of tagging for lane dividers. Initially > when writing the :lanes proposal I though about reusing the divider > proposal: http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Proposed_features/Divider > > But this has one serious drawback: if

[Tagging] Lane dividers

2012-10-17 Thread Martin Vonwald
Hi! Obviously we need some kind of tagging for lane dividers. Initially when writing the :lanes proposal I though about reusing the divider proposal: http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Proposed_features/Divider But this has one serious drawback: if you have a road with four lanes you would tag e.