> On Feb 27, 2015, at 8:09 PM, Martin Koppenhoefer <dieterdre...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > 2015-02-27 9:07 GMT+01:00 johnw <jo...@mac.com>: >> I read the wiki entry on steps >> (http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:highway%3Dsteps) and the discussion >> page, >> >> and besides the discussion on which direction means uphill (that really >> needs to be decided), > > > I had assumed for years that the direction pointing upwards was a commonly > agreed on standard, being myself an architect I hadn't expected this to be > questionable, but as I got so much flak from people insisting on the other > way round, I now am adding the tag incline=up to all steps. This way you > remove any ambiguity and introduce some further stability also for cases > where the way direction gets inverted. No need for any (IMHO unachievable) > decision any more ;-) > We need to have this standardized - just like waterways and walls - ascent or descent should be implicit in path direction.
There should be a standardized. If that is impossible, then at least the ascent/descent tags should be standardized- Ascent=yes / reverse or -1 or however the one way tag works, or the direction=ascent /descent or incline or something - just anything that's standardized. > >> can I use steps to define an area, just like highway=pedestrian? > > > There is the area relation proposal which deals explicitly with this > (type=area), but it isn't supported by any data consumer AFAIK. > Please note that you have to create a new relation for every continuous part > of stairs (i.e. the stair landings are not included). > http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Relations/Proposed/Area#Area-steps.2C_steps_which_are_wide_and.2For_irregular > > Might sound complicated but it is actually quite easy to model: > > 1. create an empty relation and add the tags: > type=area > highway=steps > (and more like step_count, surface, etc.) > > 2. draw the upper delimiting way of the steps (border where the last riser > is) and add it with the role "upper" to the relation > > 3. draw the lower delimiting way (border where the first riser is) and add it > with the role "lower" to the relation > > done. > > if you want you can > > 4. draw the lateral boundaries and add them with the role "lateral" to the > relation (suggested for non-linear lateral boundaries only). > Is that something I can do in iD? I'll have to read up about relations. I've only ever edited a couple, and that didn't exactly go well. Javbw > cheers, > Martin > _______________________________________________ > Tagging mailing list > Tagging@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging
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