> I'd still classify that as crossing=traffic_signals. Ah, now I'm super confused. I would've sworn that you'd recommend mapping that as uncontrolled.
> The real world is too messy. Can we map a fictional world instead? People actually love doing that: https://www.pcinvasion.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/cities-skylines-canal.jpg I'd like to harness those people by writing some accessible mapping apps and get good pedestrian tags, but I don't want to add bad crossing tags... On Fri, May 10, 2019 at 5:02 PM Paul Allen <pla16...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Sat, 11 May 2019 at 00:44, Nick Bolten <nbol...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Having trouble finding a good picture (I'll keep looking), but there are >> mid-block crossings where pedestrians can press an APS to turn on traffic >> warning lights - usually yellow in the US. Some of these crossings do not >> immediately give you those traffic warnings lights, but instead are tied to >> nearby traffic and turn on after a delay. When the lights turn on, there is >> some form of a pedestrian signal: sometimes the APS talks to you, sometimes >> there's a visual cue: lights turn on or a "walk" sign enables. >> > > Ugh! > > I'd still classify that as crossing=traffic_signals. Because as well as > controlling pedestrians it > does signal to traffic. An advisory signal rather than a controlling > signal, but still a signal. That's > not like the Belisha Beacon on a Zebra that flashes whether or not there > are any pedestrians > there. > > That's not quite like the flashing amber signal near school crossings > which are supervised by > a crossing guard: the guard turns them on at the start of the shift and > turns them off at the > end of the shift, there may be nobody crossing from the time the driver > sees them to the time > the driver has cleared the crossing. I can see an argument for including > those if we include yours, > but I doubt many people in the UK think of them as traffic lights. > > The real world is too messy. Can we map a fictional world instead? > > -- > Paul > > _______________________________________________ > Tagging mailing list > Tagging@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging >
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