Re: [OSM-talk] How do we tag passing/slow lanes?

2008-03-14 Thread Pieren Pieren
Break the way at the start and end of each passing section and tag with lanes=2 for the normal sections (assuming its normally a two lane undivided highway) and... lanes=2 is not supposed to be the default value ? I mean, it's obvious for me that lanes=2 is the default for highway=motorway,

Re: [OSM-talk] How do we tag passing/slow lanes?

2008-03-14 Thread Lars Aronsson
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The only suggestion I had was to set lanes to '1+2', which would mean 1 lane in the forward direction (of the way) and 2 in the reverse direction. In Sweden, those are known as 2+1 roads. They are becoming increasingly popular especially when combined with a cable

[OSM-talk] How do we tag passing/slow lanes?

2008-03-13 Thread simon
Hi, I'm a new comer working in/on Southern Alberta. Just getting to grips with the range of tags available, and have a question about passing/slow lanes. By passing lane, I mean a section of non-segregated road which has an additional lane in one direction. This is often on an up-hill section

Re: [OSM-talk] How do we tag passing/slow lanes?

2008-03-13 Thread Blake Crosby
To further illustrate what Simon is talking about, check out this page: http://www.mto.gov.on.ca/english/dandv/driver/handbook/section2.7.4.shtml Also known as climbing lanes. Blake [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, I'm a new comer working in/on Southern Alberta. Just getting to grips with the

Re: [OSM-talk] How do we tag passing/slow lanes?

2008-03-13 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder)
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote Sent: 13 March 2008 3:34 PM To: talk@openstreetmap.org Subject: [OSM-talk] How do we tag passing/slow lanes? Hi, I'm a new comer working in/on Southern Alberta. Just getting to grips with the range of tags available, and have a question about passing/slow lanes

Re: [OSM-talk] How do we tag passing/slow lanes?

2008-03-13 Thread simon
To annotate the physical: Break the way at the start and end of each passing section and tag with lanes=2 for the normal sections (assuming its normally a two lane undivided highway) and lanes=3 where the way includes the passing lane. My understanding is (was?) that the lane tag indicated

Re: [OSM-talk] How do we tag passing/slow lanes?

2008-03-13 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder)
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Sent: 13 March 2008 5:27 PM To: talk@openstreetmap.org Subject: Re: [OSM-talk] How do we tag passing/slow lanes? To annotate the physical: Break the way at the start and end of each passing section and tag with lanes=2 for the normal sections (assuming its normally

Re: [OSM-talk] How do we tag passing/slow lanes?

2008-03-13 Thread Paul Hurley
Andy Robinson (blackadder) wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: snip My understanding is (was?) that the lane tag indicated how many lanes there were in each direction, so '1' would indicate a road which was 2 lanes, 1 in each direction. The definitive answer is rather blank on the