On 16/09/2020 14:26, Matthew Woehlke wrote: > On 16/09/2020 05.57, Martin Koppenhoefer wrote: >> I noticed that crossing=zebra tag usage is drastically shrinking while >> the >> very generic crossing=marked, which was quite unpopular before (2013-2018 >> below 6000 uses) now went through the roof and is leading the tagstats >> with >> more than 1 million uses. What do you think about it, shouldn't we be >> encouraging people to use more specific tags like crossing=zebra or >> crossing=traffic_signals instead? > > My understanding is that crossing=zebra is deprecated in favor of > crossing=uncontrolled / crossing=traffic_signals. In particular, my > understanding is that they are synonymous for (almost¹) all practical > purposes. (Also, that crossing=marked is not desired either...) > > Please explain how crossing=marked is "very generic" and what value > crossing=zebra adds.
In the UK, at least, there is a legal distinction: motor traffic is required to give way to pedestrians *waiting to cross* at a zebra crossing; this does not apply for crossings that are marked (and have feature useful to pedestrians such as refuge islands and dropped kerbs). I could imagine, for example, sight-challenged pedestrians wanting to know about zebra-crossings specifically. -- Cheers, Jeremy _______________________________________________ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging
