Re: [Tagging] "new" highway tag for small and informal footpaths; trail

2010-10-27 Thread Elizabeth Dodd
On Sun, 24 Oct 2010 11:30:40 +0200 M∡rtin Koppenhoefer wrote: > I inform you that I am using informal=yes for ways that are not > constructed and not maintained or signposted but are only there for > the fact that someone uses them. sounds quite reasonable __

Re: [Tagging] What tags to use on a scenic route?

2010-10-27 Thread M∡rtin Koppenhoefer
2010/10/27 Dave F. : > On 26/10/2010 21:42, M∡rtin Koppenhoefer wrote: >> >> 2010/10/26 Elizabeth Dodd: >> >>> The WTO definition is better for mapping purposes. Otherwise I have to >>> decide if a hotel is used by 'business' guests or 'holiday' guests. >>> These uses of a hotel do overlap. >> >> I

Re: [Tagging] Difference between footway and pedestrian

2010-10-27 Thread M∡rtin Koppenhoefer
2010/10/26 Noel David Torres Taño : > On Martes 26 Octubre 2010 22:33:35 M∡rtin Koppenhoefer escribió: >> 2010/10/26 Noel David Torres Taño : > Thanks to both. My problem is this: I have a street in a city, in a pedestrian > zone, but it is small enough to be unsuitable for cars. would probably

Re: [Tagging] [Talk-us] stop signs

2010-10-27 Thread Elizabeth Dodd
On Tue, 26 Oct 2010 20:32:14 +0200 Peter Wendorff wrote: > I don't see any situation, where a stop sign is used as a stop sign > (and not for decoration) without an intersection near to it. At a railway level crossing. ___ Tagging mailing list Tagging

Re: [Tagging] "new" highway tag for small and informal footpaths; trail

2010-10-27 Thread Pieren
On Wed, Oct 27, 2010 at 10:48 AM, Elizabeth Dodd wrote: > > constructed and not maintained or signposted but are only there for > > the fact that someone uses them. > > > I inform you that I am using informal=yes for ways that are not > sounds quite reasonable > > > I'm not sure that's a good ide

Re: [Tagging] "new" highway tag for small and informal footpaths; trail

2010-10-27 Thread ael
On Wed, Oct 27, 2010 at 11:14:14AM +0200, Pieren wrote: > On Wed, Oct 27, 2010 at 10:48 AM, Elizabeth Dodd wrote: > > > > constructed and not maintained or signposted but are only there for > > > the fact that someone uses them. > > > > > I inform you that I am using informal=yes for ways that ar

Re: [Tagging] "new" highway tag for small and informal footpaths; trail

2010-10-27 Thread M∡rtin Koppenhoefer
2010/10/27 Pieren : > I'm not sure that's a good idea. By doing this, you give the possibility to > trace almost all possible footways around the world even when it's not > really a footway, e.g. shortcuts in parks. Or in nature, any track done by > wild animals will become a footway, informal=yes

Re: [Tagging] [Talk-us] stop signs

2010-10-27 Thread john
I have never seen a stop sign at a railroad crossing. Buses are required by law to stop before a railroad crossing, and open the bus door so that the driver can better hear if a train is approaching. Some other commercial vehicles routinely stop as well, but private vehicles aren't required to

Re: [Tagging] [Talk-us] stop signs

2010-10-27 Thread M∡rtin Koppenhoefer
2010/10/27 : > I have never seen a stop sign at a railroad crossing.  Buses are required by > law to stop before a railroad crossing, and open the bus door so that the > driver can better hear if a train is approaching.  Some other commercial > vehicles routinely stop as well, but private vehic

Re: [Tagging] [Talk-us] stop signs

2010-10-27 Thread Anthony
On Wed, Oct 27, 2010 at 9:14 AM, wrote: > I have never seen a stop sign at a railroad crossing. I have. They used to be quite prevalent. Now they're more rare, as most places have installed active warning devices and gotten rid of the stop signs. Unfortunately, I don't remember exactly where

Re: [Tagging] [Talk-us] stop signs

2010-10-27 Thread Peter Wendorff
I included rail"way" in my (unmentioned) definition of intersection - as well as I would include rivers with lifting bridges etc. regards Peter P.S.: Yes, that would have to be worked out in more detail to use it in practise for generating the semantic connections Am 27.10.2010 11:12, schrie

Re: [Tagging] [Talk-us] stop signs

2010-10-27 Thread M∡rtin Koppenhoefer
2010/10/27 Anthony : > One proposal for mapping stop signs is that the stop sign always faces > opposite the nearest intersection. so let's discuss about this. I don't think it is a good idea to have implicit facing, I would prefer to - at least in exceptional cases - be able to define manually

Re: [Tagging] [Talk-us] stop signs

2010-10-27 Thread Paul Johnson
On 10/26/2010 09:17 AM, Nathan Edgars II wrote: > On Tue, Oct 26, 2010 at 8:36 AM, Adam Schreiber > wrote: >> I think that 4-way and 3-way stops can be handled unambiguously by >> highway=stop. More complex stops should probably be modeled with turn >> restrictions. >> >> type=restriction >> res

Re: [Tagging] [Talk-us] stop signs

2010-10-27 Thread Nathan Edgars II
On Wed, Oct 27, 2010 at 9:26 AM, M∡rtin Koppenhoefer wrote: > really I don't see the point of this discussion anymore: I already > question the benefit of tagged stop signs in general, as a stop sign > itself requires very few seconds of travel time, while a unregulated > crossing with a lot of tr