Umm... Isn't this merely the tagging mailing list? I was unaware that sending an email to the list was a form of hijacking in any respect. I didn't steal the subject line... Maybe I'm missing something.
I will recheck the wiki re lanes. I thought I had understood the basic options, it seems there is more than I realize. I will try to undo my incorrect edits. J Sent from my iPhone > On May 15, 2014, at 10:55 PM, fly <lowfligh...@googlemail.com> wrote: > > Am 15.05.2014 11:18, schrieb John Willis:> Oops, forgot the link. > http://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=36.40776&mlon=139.32700#map=19/36.40776/139.32700 > > And you did hijack another thread. > >> Sent from my iPhone > >>> On May 15, 2014, at 6:14 PM, John Willis <jo...@mac.com> wrote: >>> >>> I have mapped some complicated intersections using links to represent > turn lanes and other options in very large intersections. The links are > connected exactly where they would logically connect one road to the > other for each direction. >>> >>> Recently, I have been using Apple's turn by turn directions here in > Japan (love it), and they seem to represent complicated intersections in > a similar manner. >>> >>> Is there a philosophical or practical downside to representing a non- > motorway in this manner? I am insure of how this effects the validity of > the data, but for the current renderer, there seems to be no real visual > issue, besides the arrows. >>> >>> Looking for feedback. > > -100 > In my town we did revert lots of intersection mapped like this. If you > want to map lanes please use *:lanes. All explained in the wiki [1]. > > If you tag like this a router will not direct you to the appropriate > lane once you did pass the connection node. Only split highway=* if > there is a physical barrier in between. E.g. the picture on the wiki > page above would be still only on OSM way with two lanes in one and > three lanes in the other direction (forward/backward). > > Cheers fly > > > [1] https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Lanes > > > _______________________________________________ > Tagging mailing list > Tagging@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging _______________________________________________ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging