On Wed, Jun 10, 2020 at 1:16 PM Jack Armstrong <jacknst...@sprynet.com> wrote:
> From: Clifford Snow > To help me understand, below are three schemes for crossings. Which one(s) > best describe your suggested way of mapping. > > 1. Tagging both the crossing and a node on the highway. > https://mycloud.snowandsnow.us/index.php/s/YEFoYcTgR2gtW3j > 2. With no crossing ways, just a node on the highway to mark the type of > crossing https://mycloud.snowandsnow.us/index.php/s/4ad5wLzMNcE3sNo > 3. With just crossing ways and no node at the intersection of the crossing > and highway. https://mycloud.snowandsnow.us/index.php/s/tHF62pH5txPEX55 > > > Well, since you asked, as to my own personal preference, > > #1 is not my preference. Crossing tags are placed on the way and on a node > for a single pedestrian crosswalk. I feel this violates OSM's "one feature, > one OSM element" rule. > #2 seems acceptable, but it's not my personal preference. (Again, I > started this thread not in order to express my preferences, simply to have > the wiki compliant with approved OSM canon) > #3 has no connecting node between the two ways represented by the red dot? > This would not be correct. There should be a connecting node. > > Sorry - I should have been clearer on #3. The red dot is a validation warning that the two ways intersect, but it isn't marked as a crossing. If we were to follow your logic, then every level crossing at the intersection of railways and highways should not be tagged as a level_crossing because of the rule "one feature, one OSM element." Best, Clifford -- @osm_washington www.snowandsnow.us OpenStreetMap: Maps with a human touch
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