> On Jul 27, 2015, at 6:41 PM, David Wisbey <yourvillagem...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> This issue reminds me of something I saw a lot of recently on OSM
> in Fort Collins, Colorado. I get the impression that the mapper who
> did this editing did it as a way to avoid the problem(s) mentioned
> regarding routing. When I first saw this "peculiar" way of mapping
> traffic signals, I didn't speak up. I'm glad this finally got me to do so.
>
> Instead of placing the traffic_signals key at the intersection nodes of
> a dual carriageway (divided highway) intersection with signals, this
> mapper created "redundant" nodes on the ways (one-ways) prior to
> the intersections (and prior to pedestrian crossings, of course) at
> the point where vehicles (by law) must stop for a red signal.
>
> Here is just one example of many in Fort Collins:
>
> http://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=19/40.55255/-105.07708
> <http://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=19/40.55255/-105.07708>
>
> David
Not really odd at all, and I’ve mapped plenty that way. Why? Because I was
following the wiki:
http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:highway%3Dtraffic_signals#Tag_all_incoming_ways
<http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:highway%3Dtraffic_signals#Tag_all_incoming_ways>
And from my software/engineering background it makes sense.
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