On Mon, Sep 5, 2011 at 7:43 PM, Stephen Hope <[email protected]> wrote: > Having said that, I do have some questions about marking in detail > > Should we use different tags for "this whole intersections has lights" > and "there are lights in this exact spot". My first instinct is to say > yes, so that data users can easily search for one or the other. You > could say that any lights not on a way are one, and lights on a way > are the other, but what about overhead signals that hang over the > centre of the way/intersection? > > Is there a problem with marking an intersection both ways?
Yes. The problem is that an intersection is not a single point. http://maps.google.com/maps?q=van+dyke+and+north+dale+mabry,+tampa&hl=en&ll=28.127814,-82.502552&spn=0.0007,0.000603&sll=28.0725,-82.548614&sspn=0.015847,0.01929&vpsrc=6&t=h&z=21 http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=28.127645&lon=-82.502359&zoom=18&layers=M _______________________________________________ Tagging mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging
