The whole issue is that due to tram rails bending differently than road ways, the tram rails are mapped on their own OSM ways. This gives a nicely detailed rendering, a better description of reality, but now the information that for the straight parts the rails are embedded into the highway is missing. It's just a model, not a highly detailed architectural plan.
I would also be in favour of not using railway=*, embedded_rails conveys more information without going into conflict with the railway ways. We don't want to render them 3 times if there are 2 tracks. Polyglot El mié., 21 nov. 2018 a las 10:04, Nikulainen, Jukka K (< jukka.nikulai...@helsinki.fi>) escribió: > Sorry, I forgot to comment on this earlier > > >embedded_rails=yes or even more precise > >embedded_rails=tram | embedded_rails=railway. > >The latter is even worse for bicycles, because the rail grooves are > >broader. > > It is true that that would be more precise, but are there in fact any > examples of this? I mean a railway that runs parallel to _and_ on a road? > Usually highways do cross railways, but this is not a problem, since one > approaches the rails (and the grooves) tangentially and they do not pose a > great danger. > > But you are of course correct that this tag would allow for more specific > tagging, if this is something that is needed. > > Sincerely, > Jukka (Tolstoi21) > > _______________________________________________ > Tagging mailing list > Tagging@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging >
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