On Fri, 26 Oct 2018 at 16:14, Martin Koppenhoefer <dieterdre...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > sent from a phone > > > On 26. Oct 2018, at 14:57, SelfishSeahorse <selfishseaho...@gmail.com> > > wrote: > > > > And what about the absence of road markings? crossing_ref=unmarked? > > > we generally do not map road markings, we don’t map the divider lines between > lanes, we don’t map diagonally striped areas where traffic can’t go, we don’t > map stop lines, we don’t map any road markings, why’s there so much focus on > the road markings in this thread?
Because road markings at crossings tell pedestrians if they have right of way or not. > > The interesting information (IMHO) is whether there are traffic lights or > not, where the crossings without signals are and whether crossing pedestrians > take precedence over vehicles. The actual signs and markings for this are > kind of a sideshow for the traffic sign nerds, important to know for the > jurisdictions where you map, but nothing that must necessarily be explicitly > mapped. We are interested in the effects, aren’t we? Agree. _______________________________________________ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging
