[OSM-talk-be] [Tagging] noexit=yes : the outcome

[André Pirard]

Hi, Side note: Please note that I just found two versions of the "Use the noexit=yes tag..." text. One ahead that says that it must be used only on nodes and the former one inside that says that it can be used on ways too.  I left the newcomer where it was: ahead but stroked out at your disposal.  Fun, fun, fun. So, Pieren added to that page that noexit=yes can be tagged on ways. He did this because contributors do that tagging, "open-mindedly". Friends pointed out quite rightly that what the specification explains cannot possibly be tagged on a way.  It's inescapable. Insistence to make the impossible come true generated an endless, fruitless discussion. As I find that understanding the meaning of a tag on the map is important, I pointed out that no one had asked why the contributors tagged noexit=yes that way and that the only clues came from those who spoke up: "I had not consulted the specification [for a long time]", "A friend recommended that", 'I thought that I was tagging a No Exit sign", ... Except for the last, they don't explain the meaning of their tags, but one thing appears certain: the meaning is different from the specification which (btw/because it) is vastly misunderstood. And what else, if they don't have the subtleties of the specification in mind, could it be that "the No Exit sign"? So, to make this explanation short and kill two birds with one stone, please read, I modified the wiki as follows: The noexit=yes tag has two meanings according to whether it's on a node or on a way: On a node:  present text, but  "Use ... on a node" On a way:  Use the noexit=yes tag on a way to indicate that the way is leading to a dead end. Remarks (here): Please note that it would logically be necessary to indicate which direction leads to the dead end. The second definition is not exactly complete. Some contributors tag noexit=yes all over a small, meshed neighborhood that contains a dead end road, but not necessarily if there's only one entry road. Well, putting it short again, a more appropriate description in that case (when the said way/road crosses junctions) would be: "to indicate that one will have to return to the road through which one came into this place". I'm leaving to the noexit-on-ways specialist(s) to decide of the exact usage/definition and of the contents of its paragraph. But please, no more or a minimum of discussion about noexit-on-nodes which stands very logical in its shoes. The only thing I have to say is that its new rendering shows at one end of a road the road sign that's in reality at the other end and that this doesn't help much the on-a-way-sister-spec to show that direction, if used jointly. Is everybody happy now? Cheers, André.

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