The "give way" sign won't help to distinguish between the arms where two roads diverge...
By the way, the sign is often a STOP sign, so the logic will have to check for both. //colin On 2015-04-28 17:09, pmailkeey . wrote: > On 28 April 2015 at 13:15, Colin Smale <colin.sm...@xs4all.nl> wrote: > >> It's about that which cannot be inferred from the geometry and the current >> tagging. The road name and number come under "current tagging", but >> sometimes they are not enough to know how to describe the next >> instruction(s) to the user. We are in the business of dictating the exact >> text that a navigator should speak, but we need to provide the basic >> information on which these decisions can be made. The ambiguity of a >> T-junction where the side-road has the same name and ref as one of the >> "straight through" legs is evident. >> >> Direction of travel is a good point - the "through route" may not be >> symmetrical. >> >> //colin > > Are we then back down to the simple issue of failing to tag the arm(s) with > the 'give way' markings ? > > * We're not tagging them in all necessary cases (where the 'side road' is in > line with one arm of the main road) > * Routers are ignoring the tags. > > Is this the solution rather than creating a new solution ? > > Is a 'through route' a continuation of > > * Road number > * Road name > * The lack of crossing white paint into/out of a 'side road' , or > * Direction of travel > > I'm concerned about ambiguity arising out of potential different > interpretations. > > I'm sure we will be able to find examples of all combinations of all of the > above! > > -- > > Mike. > > @millomweb [2] - For all your info on Millom and South Copeland > via THE AREA'S PREMIER WEBSITE - > > CURRENTLY UNAVAILABLE DUE TO ONGOING HARASSMENT OF ME, MY FAMILY, PROPERTY & > PETS > > T&Cs [3] > > _______________________________________________ > talk mailing list > talk@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk [1] > > _______________________________________________ > talk mailing list > talk@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk [1] -- Mike. @millomweb [2] - For all your info on Millom and South Copeland via THE AREA'S PREMIER WEBSITE - CURRENTLY UNAVAILABLE DUE TO ONGOING HARASSMENT OF ME, MY FAMILY, PROPERTY & PETS T&Cs [3] _______________________________________________ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk [1] Links: ------ [1] https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk [2] https://sites.google.com/site/millomweb/index/introduction [3] https://sites.google.com/site/pmailkeey/e-mail
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