SomeoneElse <lists@...> writes: > > I'd always assumed that the correct way to map turn lanes is via: > > http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:turn:lanes . > > However, some mappers in the UK* have started mapping each individual > lane as a separate parallel road. Here's an example: > > http://www.openstreetmap.org/note/267402#map=19/53.03296/-0.52524&layers=N > > That note was obviously written from the point of view that mapping a > single carriageway road as one way with appropriate turn lanes tags is > "correct"; whether it is or not is the question that I'm asking here. > > So - should we map a dual carriageway as two parallel roads and a single > carriageway as one (with appropriate turn lanes) or is it equally valid > (or even perhaps better) to map each turn lane as a separate parallel > road, even if there's nothing but a broken line of paint between them?
I have always reserved multiple ways for non-traversable (physically blocked to crossing traffic) multiple carriageways[1], use for single carriageways is wrong, not more detailed. [1] My mapping: http://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=18/51.45778/-0.32001 -- Andrew _______________________________________________ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb
