On 22/05/12 12:42, Andrew Chadwick (lists) wrote: > Can I gauge everyone's opinion on the following? We currently have four > ways of representing a > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advanced_stop_line > > namely, > > https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:cycleway%3Dasl > https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:cycleway=bike_box > http://taginfo.openstreetmap.org/tags/cycleway=advanced_stop > http://taginfo.openstreetmap.org/tags/cycleway=advanced_stop_line > (and maybe others?) > > These should probably be merged into one tag because they all refer to > the same thing. > > > There aren't very many of them in OSM right now, but from personal > experience they're exceedingly common things in UK towns and cities. > > We can pick and choose the tag a little right now, given that it's not > very well established. Let's not go with "asl"; abbreviations are > generally bad practice. "advanced_stop_line" is bulky. "bike_box" is an > Americanism, previously unknown to me. > > Personally, I like "cycleway=advanced_stop": it captures the forward > position on the thing and the fact that it's a stop line, like the well > established "highway=stop". Avoiding use of the terms "line" or "box" > avoids concentrating too much on the physical form of the thing. I > suppose it could be used with railway=* for trams, busway=* for buses > and so on.
Please, go ahead. ASL get more common in Germany, too. Only problem I have: Where to place the tag. The best is probably an own node though you loosing references to the intersection/traffic_signal. cu fly _______________________________________________ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging
