>From Wikipedia: Jersey barriers were developed in the 1950s, beginning in the U.S. state of New Jersey <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Jersey> as separators between lanes of a highway. Over time, they grew taller (as their effectiveness was demonstrated) and became more modular (as their usefulness as temporary barriers became apparent). Taller barriers have the added advantage of blocking most oncoming headlights.
So it has an American heritage. Seeing as it's a widely used term in OSM, I'd say it's a small payback for forcing us to use the English spelling of things like centre and neighbourhood. LOL Dave On Sun, Apr 14, 2019 at 3:57 AM Martin Koppenhoefer <dieterdre...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > sent from a phone > > On 14. Apr 2019, at 04:43, Joseph Eisenberg <joseph.eisenb...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > I want to know so that the wiki page can be edited to show the correct > status: approved vs in use. > > > > I went back into the archives and it seems it was included and approved in > my more barrier types proposal 2011: > https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/w/index.php?title=Proposed_features/New_barrier_types&oldid=684703 > Not sure where the tag name for jersey barriers came from, probably from > tagging ml discussion (it is not a word I have in my vocabulary) > > Cheers, Martin > > _______________________________________________ > Tagging mailing list > Tagging@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging > -- Dave Swarthout Homer, Alaska Chiang Mai, Thailand Travel Blog at http://dswarthout.blogspot.com
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