Re: [OSM-talk] [Talk-us] Finding untagged dead-ends

2012-02-15 Thread Josh Doe
On Wed, Feb 15, 2012 at 12:41 AM, Nathan Edgars II nerou...@gmail.com wrote: Is there a way (in JOSM or otherwise) to find all dead-ends (nodes contained in only one highway way) without highway=turning_circle or noexit=yes in an area? There's a ticket that would help accomplish this [0]. You

Re: [OSM-talk] [Talk-us] Finding untagged dead-ends

2012-02-15 Thread phil
I am struggling to understand why this is seen as an error that needs fixing. I can think of plenty of roads that end in eithsr a dead end or become a footpath, bridleway. Many are single track where the only way out is a very long reverse. These are a feature of the landscape, and often a

Re: [OSM-talk] [Talk-us] Finding untagged dead-ends

2012-02-15 Thread Martin Koppenhoefer
I also add occassionally noexit=yes to stubs, but much better is to add further detail. Often there is a barrier which I add (barrier=fence, barrier=bollard, barrier=wall, retaining_wall, etc.), even more important it is to draw the footway, steps or cycleway, if there are. cheers, Martin

Re: [OSM-talk] [Talk-us] Finding untagged dead-ends

2012-02-15 Thread John F. Eldredge
p...@trigpoint.me.uk wrote: I am struggling to understand why this is seen as an error that needs fixing. I can think of plenty of roads that end in eithsr a dead end or become a footpath, bridleway. Many are single track where the only way out is a very long reverse. These are a feature

Re: [OSM-talk] [Talk-us] Finding untagged dead-ends

2012-02-15 Thread Martijn van Exel
On Wed, Feb 15, 2012 at 8:19 AM, John F. Eldredge j...@jfeldredge.com wrote: p...@trigpoint.me.uk wrote: I am struggling to understand why this is seen as an error that needs fixing. I can think of plenty of roads that end in eithsr a dead end or become a footpath, bridleway. Many are

Re: [OSM-talk] [Talk-us] Finding untagged dead-ends

2012-02-15 Thread John Sturdy
On Wed, Feb 15, 2012 at 5:27 PM, Martijn van Exel m...@rtijn.org wrote: I don't really see the value of a generic noexit=yes tag - it can and should be inferred from the network. But finding dead ends can be valuable for tagging the countless turning circles / cul-de-sacs that exist in

Re: [OSM-talk] [Talk-us] Finding untagged dead-ends

2012-02-15 Thread Philip Barnes
On Wed, 2012-02-15 at 17:39 +, John Sturdy wrote: On Wed, Feb 15, 2012 at 5:27 PM, Martijn van Exel m...@rtijn.org wrote: I don't really see the value of a generic noexit=yes tag - it can and should be inferred from the network. But finding dead ends can be valuable for tagging the

Re: [OSM-talk] [Talk-us] Finding untagged dead-ends

2012-02-15 Thread colliar
Am 15.02.2012 18:58, schrieb Philip Barnes: This one http://www.openstreetmap.org/browse/way/149932900 is very definitely a dead end, at least in a road car. It continues as a muddy track that will get surveyed when the weather gets better and I get my bike out again. It took a seven point