Re: [OSM-talk] highway=stop

2008-01-27 Thread Alex S.
Gervase Markham wrote: Have these people not heard of Give Way/Yield or roundabouts? There are plenty of Yield and Roundabout intersections in the US. In fact, there are more (often unsigned) Yield intersections than any other type. ___ talk

Re: [OSM-talk] highway=stop

2008-01-27 Thread Alex S.
Jo wrote: A stop sign is internationally a red octagonal sign with STOP written on it in white letters. It means that officially a full stop has to be made. In the US it's best to actually also do that, cause they are very strict about it. Not everywhere. There is a maneuver known as a

Re: [OSM-talk] highway=stop

2008-01-27 Thread Karl Newman
On Jan 27, 2008 7:30 PM, Alex S. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Jo wrote: A stop sign is internationally a red octagonal sign with STOP written on it in white letters. It means that officially a full stop has to be made. In the US it's best to actually also do that, cause they are very strict

Re: [OSM-talk] highway=stop

2008-01-24 Thread Martijn van Oosterhout
On Jan 24, 2008 1:46 AM, Robert (Jamie) Munro [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: We need a way to know where stop signs and give way (yield) signs are and which direction they face. It probably requires a relation between the node and the way they are on. I think we're going about this the wrong way:

Re: [OSM-talk] highway=stop

2008-01-24 Thread serge karamazov
Even if we mark right-of-way, how do we know there's a stop and not just a give way? I would also prefer something simpler than using a relation but it seems that's the way to go. Renaud. On Jan 24, 2008 10:26 AM, Martijn van Oosterhout [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Jan 24, 2008 1:46 AM, Robert

[OSM-talk] highway=stop

2008-01-23 Thread Pieren Pieren
Could someone explain the tag highway=stop provided by the 'Map Features' page ? I would expect that all tags approved and moved to this reference page are clearly described. I found a wiki page ( http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/Mapping/Features/Junction) saying : Intersections with stop

Re: [OSM-talk] highway=stop

2008-01-23 Thread David James
On Thu, January 24, 2008 12:46 am, Robert (Jamie) Munro wrote: Pieren Pieren wrote: | Could someone explain the tag highway=stop provided by the 'Map | Features' page ? | I would expect that all tags approved and moved to this reference page | are clearly described. [snip] | Well, fine,

Re: [OSM-talk] highway=stop

2008-01-23 Thread Robin Paulson
On 24/01/2008, Robert (Jamie) Munro [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: | Shall we put the node on the way where the sign is, a little bit before | the intersection (and how much) ? or is it planned to use a relation ? | or does it really help to tag such signs (I mean, it does not influence | routing)

Re: [OSM-talk] highway=stop

2008-01-23 Thread Karl Newman
On Jan 23, 2008 5:15 PM, David James [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thu, January 24, 2008 12:46 am, Robert (Jamie) Munro wrote: Pieren Pieren wrote: | Could someone explain the tag highway=stop provided by the 'Map | Features' page ? | I would expect that all tags approved and moved to