On Sat, 25 Aug 2018 at 10:18, Dave Swarthout <daveswarth...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I've been trying to decide tagging for slow-vehicle turnouts consisting of > a lane added to the right side (in the U.S.) of the road so that slow > moving vehicles can pull aside to allow following vehicles to pass. The > best I can come up with is the tag highway=passing_place but strangely it > applies only to nodes. I'm looking for examples from the real world similar > to the one in this JOSM screenshot. I've selected both the passing lanes to > color them red so you can see them. > > I had been using a variable number of lanes to describe the situation but > these two passing_places are offset making using the lanes tags cumbersome > to apply, 4 separate pieces, lanes going in different directions, oneway > sections, etc. According to the Wiki, the passing_place tag is to be used > only on nodes. ( > https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:highway%3Dpassing_place) Why this > should be so, I do not understand. > > https://www.dropbox.com/s/p4g4t7mk6e4161l/passing_place.jpg?dl=0 > > What alternatives do I have? > Can't see too many Dave? I agree the passing_place should be able to be marked as a way. In Australia, they're overtaking lanes & can easily be a kilometre long, so only having a node doesn't work very well. Probably a new tag under the highway structure heading (ie bridge, tunnel etc) would be the best way? Thanks Graeme
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