2014-07-22 10:43 GMT+01:00 André Pirard <a.pirard.pa...@gmail.com>: > > On 2014-07-22 11:01, Jo wrote : > I have mentioned without much follow-up a similar issue with highway=crossing > + crossing=*. > What OSM calls "crossing", zebra stripes, is in fact a "passage pour piétons" > which does not necessarily cross.
Why do you believe that OSM "crossing" refers not to a place where highways may be crossed, but to any demarcated pedestrian area on a highway? In british english it's very clear that a crossing is where people cross. If "passage pour piétons" refers to a more general category, then you need to be careful not to confuse the categories. The wiki says (but not at the top) "This tag is for the node at the intersection of highways and footways." That matches my understanding of it. http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:highway%3Dcrossing > In Belgium (too), we have quite a number of "passages pour piétons" painted > longitudinally and it makes sense. > Children's safety, for example, is just as important if they have to walk > alongside on the road. > Or it may be painted across a parking lot, in which case mapping > highway=crossing ways make sense. > crossing=* alone (which, as a highway=* tag implicitly means > highway:crossing) is sufficient. > > So, I am proposing: > > to allow crossing=* on any highway=* when the painting is longitudinal > crossing:right=yes, crossing:left=yes in that case > highway=crossing for a way painted across an area If "crossing" were to be used for places where you cannot cross, this would confuse many people. I'd suggest you need to use a different tag. Best Dan _______________________________________________ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging
