I don't like the idea of tagging a dual-carriageway for a way that doesn't have a physical barrier in between. No passing zones should be tagged in a manner to denote when passing is or is not permitted by regulation.
Andrew S. J. Sawyer On Wed, Oct 6, 2010 at 12:05, Colin Smale <colin.sm...@xs4all.nl> wrote: > On 06/10/2010 00:12, John Smith wrote: > >> Someone just added this, it's a good idea on principal, but is this >> the best way to tag it? >> >> >> http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/w/index.php?title=Template:Map_Features:highway&oldid=534629&diff=next >> >> The page for the overtaking tag appears to have been in existence since > August 2009. What's new is that it has been linked from the Mapping Features > page, which maybe should have happened earlier? > > I changed the title of this post as the overtaking tag doesn't cover > overtaking lanes as such, just general prohibitions. > > This came into the limelight in NL following a discussion about > single-carriageway (main) roads with a double white line (i.e. "do not > cross", effectively "no overtaking") and whether they should be modelled as > a dual carriageway as you are supposed to drive *as if* there is a wall down > the middle of the road. This tag was suggested as an alternative approach. > > _______________________________________________ > Tagging mailing list > Tagging@openstreetmap.org > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging >
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