I agree with your latter point about the tagging being consistent with the
tagging of junctions. I don't think I've ever seen an advanced stop line at
a crossing though.

Regards,

Adam

On 10 Mar 2017 8:25 p.m., "Edward Catmur" <ecat...@googlemail.com> wrote:

> Option 3 appears to be the only way to map an asl or to signify its
> (rather their) absence. I don't think you can tag a combined (option 1)
> crossing node with cycleway=asl.
>
> It's also more consistent if nearby road junctions are mapped in detail
> for standalone crossings to be mapped similarly.
>
> On 10 Mar 2017 16:40, "Brian Prangle" <bpran...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Personally I think it's overkill
>>
>> On 10 March 2017 at 13:12, Adam Snape <adam.c.sn...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Thanks Brian,
>>>
>>> That's what I'd observed to be the norm around here too. But, is the
>>> more verbose option to be encouraged because it explicitly notes the
>>> presence of traffic lights for road traffic (crossing=traffic_signals just
>>> means signals for pedestrians), or is it just unnecessary complexity (the
>>> presence of vehicle traffic signals could implied from the presence of
>>> pedestrian ones) ?
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>>
>>> Adam
>>>
>>> On 10 March 2017 at 12:55, Brian Prangle <bpran...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi Adam
>>>>
>>>> I think option 1 is the consensus way to map these, certainly so in the
>>>> West Midlands. Option 3 is more verbose but not incorrect. Option 2 omits
>>>> the salient feature which is highway=crossing and so is not recommended
>>>>
>>>> Regards
>>>>
>>>> Brian
>>>>
>>>> On 9 March 2017 at 12:23, Adam Snape <adam.c.sn...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hi
>>>>>
>>>>> I recently noticed this changeset comment:
>>>>> https://www.openstreetmap.org/changeset/46680980
>>>>>
>>>>> It seems that the Wiki suggests three alternative ways of mapping a
>>>>> pedestrian traffic-light controlled crossing:
>>>>> 1. Entire crossing mapped as a node: highway
>>>>> <https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:highway>=crossing + crossing
>>>>> <https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:crossing>=traffic_signals
>>>>> <https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:crossing%3Dtraffic_signals>
>>>>> 2. Entire crossing mapped as a node (alternative): highway
>>>>> <https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:highway>=*traffic_signals* +
>>>>> crossing <https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:crossing>=
>>>>> traffic_signals
>>>>> <https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:crossing%3Dtraffic_signals>
>>>>> 3. Crossing mapped separately and tagged highway
>>>>> <https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:highway>=crossing
>>>>> <https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:highway%3Dcrossing> +
>>>>> crossing <https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:crossing>=
>>>>> traffic_signals
>>>>> <https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:crossing%3Dtraffic_signals>
>>>>> Traffic lights tagged: highway
>>>>> <https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:highway>=*traffic_signals* +
>>>>> crossing <https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:crossing>=no +
>>>>> traffic_signals:direction
>>>>> <https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:traffic_signals:direction>
>>>>> =forward/backward
>>>>>
>>>>> According to the Wiki (https://wiki.openstreetmap.or
>>>>> g/wiki/Tag:highway%3Dtraffic_signals), the latter is strongly
>>>>> recommended:
>>>>>
>>>>> Historically I've tended to use the specific UK shortcuts eg.
>>>>> highway=crossing crossing=pelican but I'm happy to change if the consensus
>>>>> is that any of the above methods are to be preferred. I've never been 
>>>>> happy
>>>>> that crossings aren't rendered with a traffic light symbol but have no 
>>>>> wish
>>>>> to tag for the renderer. My worry with Option 3 is that some routing
>>>>> programs might view it as two (or even three) separate sets of traffic
>>>>> lights.
>>>>>
>>>>> Any advice gratefully received,
>>>>>
>>>>> Adam
>>>>>
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