Re: [Tagging] RFC: crossing=*

2014-07-23 Thread André Pirard
On 2014-07-22 11:43, André Pirard wrote : I have mentioned without much follow-up a similar issue with highway=crossing + crossing=*. What OSM calls "crossing", zebra stripes, is in fact a "passage pour piétons" which does not necessarily cross.

Re: [Tagging] RFC: crossing=*

2014-07-22 Thread Martin Koppenhoefer
2014-07-22 17:39 GMT+02:00 Volker Schmidt : > My understanding is that André talks about foot-ways that are marked by > zebra stripes to augment their visibility. They are not (necessarily) > crossing any other way. They are ways and therefore in my understanding no > crossings at all, they are fo

Re: [Tagging] RFC: crossing=*

2014-07-22 Thread Volker Schmidt
My understanding is that André talks about foot-ways that are marked by zebra stripes to augment their visibility. They are not (necessarily) crossing any other way. They are ways and therefore in my understanding no crossings at all, they are foot-ways marked by zebra stripes, often not physically

Re: [Tagging] RFC: crossing=*

2014-07-22 Thread Martin Koppenhoefer
2014-07-22 14:04 GMT+02:00 Peter Wendorff : > Hi André, > I think where a visible painting like at zebra crossings is painted > along a street as you describe, that isn't a crossing (it doesn't cross > anything), but more like a sidewalk without being raised or separated by > anything else but the

Re: [Tagging] RFC: crossing=*

2014-07-22 Thread Peter Wendorff
Hi André, I think where a visible painting like at zebra crossings is painted along a street as you describe, that isn't a crossing (it doesn't cross anything), but more like a sidewalk without being raised or separated by anything else but the color pattern on the ground. Tagging those as crossin

Re: [Tagging] RFC: crossing=* (was: highway=speed_camera equivalent for non-speed enforcement types)

2014-07-22 Thread Volker Schmidt
I have tagged, occasionally, longitudinal "zebra" markings as designated foot-way, which seems to me better than "crossing" on ways. Volker Italy On 22 July 2014 12:00, Dan S wrote: > 2014-07-22 10:43 GMT+01:00 André Pirard : > > > > On 2014-07-22 11:01, Jo wrote : > > I have mentioned without

Re: [Tagging] RFC: crossing=* (was: highway=speed_camera equivalent for non-speed enforcement types)

2014-07-22 Thread Dan S
2014-07-22 10:43 GMT+01:00 André Pirard : > > On 2014-07-22 11:01, Jo wrote : > I have mentioned without much follow-up a similar issue with highway=crossing > + crossing=*. > What OSM calls "crossing", zebra stripes, is in fact a "passage pour piétons" > which does not necessarily cross. Why do

Re: [Tagging] RFC: crossing=* (was: highway=speed_camera equivalent for non-speed enforcement types)

2014-07-22 Thread André Pirard
On 2014-07-22 11:01, Jo wrote : > FYI it doesn't seem likely that the event of dropping highway=bus_stop > or highway=speed_camera will be dropped in a foreseeable future, > meaning you'll have to keep double tagging everything. > > In Belgium all red light cameras do double duty as speed cameras,