Re: [Tagging] Carriageway divider

2012-09-02 Thread Fabrizio Carrai
2012/8/26 Martin Koppenhoefer dieterdre...@gmail.com [...] The divider tag has been proposed, but I think it has been demonstrated not to work, as routing decision are made on the node and not on the line. I can't remember that there was a demonstration that this approach doesn't

Re: [Tagging] Carriageway divider

2012-08-26 Thread Markus Lindholm
On 25 August 2012 01:25, Martin Koppenhoefer dieterdre...@gmail.com wrote: 2012/8/20 Markus Lindholm markus.lindh...@gmail.com: I've been mostly mapping in large cities, hardly anything in the countryside. So I can only say that I've found it purposeful in the city to map with two highways

Re: [Tagging] Carriageway divider

2012-08-26 Thread Craig Wallace
On 26/08/2012 08:42, Markus Lindholm wrote: Also, no one has offered any other solution to the routing issue. The divider tag has been proposed, but I think it has been demonstrated not to work, as routing decision are made on the node and not on the line. Where has it been demonstrated not to

Re: [Tagging] Carriageway divider

2012-08-26 Thread Erik Johansson
On Sun, Aug 26, 2012 at 2:00 PM, Craig Wallace craig...@fastmail.fm wrote: On 26/08/2012 08:42, Markus Lindholm wrote: Also, no one has offered any other solution to the routing issue. The divider tag has been proposed, but I think it has been demonstrated not to work, as routing decision are

Re: [Tagging] Carriageway divider

2012-08-26 Thread Philip Barnes
On Sun, 2012-08-26 at 20:30 +0200, Erik Johansson wrote: On Sun, Aug 26, 2012 at 2:00 PM, Craig Wallace craig...@fastmail.fm wrote: On 26/08/2012 08:42, Markus Lindholm wrote: Also, no one has offered any other solution to the routing issue. The divider tag has been proposed, but I think

Re: [Tagging] Carriageway divider

2012-08-26 Thread Martin Koppenhoefer
2012/8/26 Markus Lindholm markus.lindh...@gmail.com: On 25 August 2012 01:25, Martin Koppenhoefer dieterdre...@gmail.com wrote: purposeful in this case translates to mapping for the router *1 in OSM-speak. We're not supposed to map for the renderer nor the router. Exactly for whom are we to

Re: [Tagging] Carriageway divider

2012-08-21 Thread Pieren
On Tue, Aug 21, 2012 at 1:04 AM, Tobias Knerr o...@tobias-knerr.de wrote: So I think that mapping divider based on pattern type is a better choice than mapping them based on their legal effects. Until now in OSM tagging, all turning restrictions have been described by the restriction, not by

Re: [Tagging] Carriageway divider

2012-08-21 Thread Gregory Williams
-Original Message- From: Markus Lindholm [mailto:markus.lindh...@gmail.com] Sent: 20 August 2012 11:51 To: Tag discussion, strategy and related tools Subject: Re: [Tagging] Carriageway divider On 20 August 2012 10:55, Gregory Williams greg...@gregorywilliams.me.uk wrote

Re: [Tagging] Carriageway divider

2012-08-21 Thread Gregory Williams
-Original Message- From: Gregory Williams [mailto:grego...@geode.demon.co.uk] Sent: 21 August 2012 09:32 To: 'winfi...@gmail.com'; 'Tag discussion, strategy and related tools' Subject: RE: [Tagging] Carriageway divider From: Jo [mailto:winfi...@gmail.com] Sent: 20 August 2012 10

Re: [Tagging] Carriageway divider

2012-08-21 Thread Volker Schmidt
You are allowed to cross a solid line, providing it is safe, to enter ajoining premises or a side road. In cases where this is prohibited there will be a sign and this should be tagged with a turn restrictions. The rules are country-specific. In the UK you are allowed to do this. In

Re: [Tagging] Carriageway divider

2012-08-21 Thread Colin Smale
I live in hope that, one day, we might have documented defaults or implied values per territory. Until that time, we may have to map both the tangible artefact (solid line) and the implications for routing (no u-turns etc.) separately. They are distinct concepts, related by the rules of the

Re: [Tagging] Carriageway divider

2012-08-21 Thread Vincent Pottier
Le 21/08/2012 13:04, Colin Smale a écrit : I live in hope that, one day, we might have documented defaults or implied values per territory. Until that time, we may have to map both the tangible artefact (solid line) and the implications for routing (no u-turns etc.) separately. They are

Re: [Tagging] Carriageway divider

2012-08-20 Thread Elena ``of Valhalla''
On 2012-08-19 at 14:09:18 +0200, Markus Lindholm wrote: In my opinion it's best to treat legal separation (i.e. solid_line) the same way as physical separation, i.e. create two separate highways, one in each direction. This doesn't correspond to reality: I believe that an emergency vehicle

Re: [Tagging] Carriageway divider

2012-08-20 Thread Pieren
During a similar discussion in july ([1]) about u-turn, another existing tag was provided: http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:overtaking It's about overtaking but the description could be easily enhanced with u-turn restriction as well. Pieren [1]

Re: [Tagging] Carriageway divider

2012-08-20 Thread Jo
For which purpose would the two highways be reassembled? Split highways may be reassembled when you're not interested in the attributes that do change between them. For example when you want to reassemble the portions of the same road with the same class and name together but aren't

Re: [Tagging] Carriageway divider

2012-08-20 Thread Markus Lindholm
On 20 August 2012 10:55, Gregory Williams greg...@gregorywilliams.me.uk wrote: -Original Message- From: Markus Lindholm [mailto:markus.lindh...@gmail.com] Sent: 19 August 2012 19:26 To: Tag discussion, strategy and related tools Subject: Re: [Tagging] Carriageway divider On 19

Re: [Tagging] Carriageway divider

2012-08-20 Thread Markus Lindholm
On 20 August 2012 09:39, Elena ``of Valhalla'' elena.valha...@gmail.com wrote: On 2012-08-19 at 14:09:18 +0200, Markus Lindholm wrote: In my opinion it's best to treat legal separation (i.e. solid_line) the same way as physical separation, i.e. create two separate highways, one in each

Re: [Tagging] Carriageway divider

2012-08-20 Thread Markus Lindholm
On 20 August 2012 12:57, Markus Lindholm markus.lindh...@gmail.com wrote: On 20 August 2012 09:39, Elena ``of Valhalla'' elena.valha...@gmail.com wrote: On 2012-08-19 at 14:09:18 +0200, Markus Lindholm wrote: In my opinion it's best to treat legal separation (i.e. solid_line) the same way as

Re: [Tagging] Carriageway divider

2012-08-20 Thread Colin Smale
Isn't that what turn restrictions are for? Colin On 20/08/2012 13:10, Markus Lindholm wrote: On 20 August 2012 12:57, Markus Lindholm markus.lindh...@gmail.com wrote: On 20 August 2012 09:39, Elena ``of Valhalla'' elena.valha...@gmail.com wrote: On 2012-08-19 at 14:09:18 +0200, Markus

Re: [Tagging] Carriageway divider

2012-08-20 Thread Elena ``of Valhalla''
On 2012-08-20 at 12:57:42 +0200, Markus Lindholm wrote: I consider legal restrictions to be part of reality. Also consider that a physical separation might be nothing more than a 20cm high curb that could be as easy to cross for an emergency vehicle as a painted line. you can't pass a 20cm

Re: [Tagging] Carriageway divider

2012-08-20 Thread Markus Lindholm
On 20 August 2012 13:25, Colin Smale colin.sm...@xs4all.nl wrote: Isn't that what turn restrictions are for? No. Turn restrictions restrict from which highway object to which highway object one can traverse, they can't tell whether you're allowed to make a left or right turn at the start of

Re: [Tagging] Carriageway divider

2012-08-20 Thread Philip Barnes
On Mon, 2012-08-20 at 13:39 +0200, Markus Lindholm wrote: On 20 August 2012 13:25, Colin Smale colin.sm...@xs4all.nl wrote: Isn't that what turn restrictions are for? No. Turn restrictions restrict from which highway object to which highway object one can traverse, they can't tell

Re: [Tagging] Carriageway divider

2012-08-20 Thread Philip Barnes
On Mon, 2012-08-20 at 12:57 +0200, Markus Lindholm wrote: On 20 August 2012 09:39, Elena ``of Valhalla'' elena.valha...@gmail.com wrote: On 2012-08-19 at 14:09:18 +0200, Markus Lindholm wrote: In my opinion it's best to treat legal separation (i.e. solid_line) the same way as physical

Re: [Tagging] Carriageway divider

2012-08-20 Thread Frederik Ramm
Hi, On 08/20/2012 12:57 PM, Markus Lindholm wrote: This doesn't correspond to reality: I believe that an emergency vehicle can cross a solid line, while of course they would have problems with a physically separated road. I consider legal restrictions to be part of reality. Yes, but we must

Re: [Tagging] Carriageway divider

2012-08-20 Thread Elena ``of Valhalla''
On 2012-08-20 at 14:09:28 +0200, Peter Wendorff wrote: You are allowed to cross a solid line, providing it is safe, to enter ajoining premises or a side road. In cases where this is prohibited there will be a sign and this should be tagged with a turn restrictions. In Germany that's not the

Re: [Tagging] Carriageway divider

2012-08-20 Thread David Fisher
Yes, when I first read through this thread I was thinking hang on, what's the fuss about? Solid lines don't stop you entering or exiting adjoining premises! But apparently this is not true in many countries of the world. You learn something new every day, etc. So this thread does not apply to

Re: [Tagging] Carriageway divider

2012-08-20 Thread Philip Barnes
I think that is the reason why we sould stick with explicit turn restrictions. The law on solid lines varies from country to country, and we cannot expect the routers to code, or know the law for every country, mappers on the ground will be aware of the restrictions however. Phil -- Sent from

Re: [Tagging] Carriageway divider

2012-08-20 Thread Peter Wendorff
Am 20.08.2012 15:01, schrieb Philip Barnes: I think that is the reason why we sould stick with explicit turn restrictions. The law on solid lines varies from country to country, and we cannot expect the routers to code, or know the law for every country, mappers on the ground will be

Re: [Tagging] Carriageway divider

2012-08-20 Thread Markus Lindholm
On 20 August 2012 14:06, Frederik Ramm frede...@remote.org wrote: Hi, On 08/20/2012 12:57 PM, Markus Lindholm wrote: This doesn't correspond to reality: I believe that an emergency vehicle can cross a solid line, while of course they would have problems with a physically separated road.

Re: [Tagging] Carriageway divider

2012-08-20 Thread Janko Mihelić
2012/8/20 Markus Lindholm markus.lindh...@gmail.com Yes, I understand why one would reassemble highway segments on a route that only differ on the maxspeed tag or other such minor issue. But why would one want to reassemble two highways going in opposite direction and from which there is no

Re: [Tagging] Carriageway divider

2012-08-20 Thread Pieren
On Mon, Aug 20, 2012 at 4:21 PM, Markus Lindholm markus.lindh...@gmail.com wrote: The proposal with divider=solid_line has a disadvantage : the meaning of a solid line differs in countries/continents. It should be better tagged with divider=no_u_turn or no_crossing or whatever you like describing

Re: [Tagging] Carriageway divider

2012-08-20 Thread Philip Barnes
Then it is up to the driver to follow the rules, and allow the router to re-plan. Mapping to this level is really a non-starter, mapping every solid line is not going to happen. On rural trunk roads they are just frequent, ass they are used to prevent overtaking on bends, and there are a lot

Re: [Tagging] Carriageway divider

2012-08-20 Thread Martin Koppenhoefer
2012/8/19 Florian Lohoff f...@zz.de: The turn happens on a node and not on a line. +1, that is true, but each of these nodes is also part of at least 2 highways, and this is not too difficult to evaluate so common turn_restrictions could be created automatically (on a local copy) for routing.

Re: [Tagging] Carriageway divider

2012-08-20 Thread Markus Lindholm
On 20 August 2012 16:50, Janko Mihelić jan...@gmail.com wrote: 2012/8/20 Markus Lindholm markus.lindh...@gmail.com Yes, I understand why one would reassemble highway segments on a route that only differ on the maxspeed tag or other such minor issue. But why would one want to reassemble two

Re: [Tagging] Carriageway divider

2012-08-20 Thread Tobias Knerr
On 20.08.2012 12:51, Markus Lindholm wrote: But why would one want to reassemble two highways going in opposite direction and from which there is no direct legal route to the other? The obvious reason would be implementing any rendering style that represents one physical highway as one line,

Re: [Tagging] Carriageway divider

2012-08-20 Thread Tobias Knerr
On 20.08.2012 16:53, Pieren wrote: The proposal with divider=solid_line has a disadvantage : the meaning of a solid line differs in countries/continents. It should be better tagged with divider=no_u_turn or no_crossing or whatever you like describing the restriction, not the painted line

[Tagging] Carriageway divider

2012-08-19 Thread Fabrizio Carrai
After a short discussion on the italian talk, I would move the discussion in this list. After some tests with OSRM, I missed the availability of a tag to mark the continuos (or discontinued) line that divide the lanes in several single carriageway. In my opinion this is an important indication

Re: [Tagging] Carriageway divider

2012-08-19 Thread Markus Lindholm
On 19 August 2012 11:44, Fabrizio Carrai fabrizio.car...@gmail.com wrote: After a short discussion on the italian talk, I would move the discussion in this list. After some tests with OSRM, I missed the availability of a tag to mark the continuos (or discontinued) line that divide the lanes in

Re: [Tagging] Carriageway divider

2012-08-19 Thread Tobias Knerr
On 19.08.2012 14:09, Markus Lindholm wrote: On 19 August 2012 11:44, Fabrizio Carrai fabrizio.car...@gmail.com wrote: Indeed a Divider=solid_line proposal [3] was already presented . I'm would revamp such proposal. What is your opinion ? Is there any router developer here ? In my opinion

Re: [Tagging] Carriageway divider

2012-08-19 Thread Markus Lindholm
On 19 August 2012 14:49, Fabrizio Carrai fabrizio.car...@gmail.com wrote: This could be a solution but it is against the reality: this kind of road are indeed a single entity. The legal division, i.e. the solid_line is just an attribute. There's a multitude of cases where a single entity is

Re: [Tagging] Carriageway divider

2012-08-19 Thread Markus Lindholm
On 19 August 2012 15:04, Tobias Knerr o...@tobias-knerr.de wrote: On 19.08.2012 14:09, Markus Lindholm wrote: On 19 August 2012 11:44, Fabrizio Carrai fabrizio.car...@gmail.com wrote: Indeed a Divider=solid_line proposal [3] was already presented . I'm would revamp such proposal. What is

Re: [Tagging] Carriageway divider

2012-08-19 Thread Florian Lohoff
On Sun, Aug 19, 2012 at 11:44:21AM +0200, Fabrizio Carrai wrote: After a short discussion on the italian talk, I would move the discussion in this list. After some tests with OSRM, I missed the availability of a tag to mark the continuos (or discontinued) line that divide the lanes in several

Re: [Tagging] Carriageway divider

2012-08-19 Thread Philip Barnes
On Sun, 2012-08-19 at 15:04 +0200, Tobias Knerr wrote: On 19.08.2012 14:09, Markus Lindholm wrote: On 19 August 2012 11:44, Fabrizio Carrai fabrizio.car...@gmail.com wrote: Indeed a Divider=solid_line proposal [3] was already presented . I'm would revamp such proposal. What is your

Re: [Tagging] Carriageway divider

2012-08-19 Thread Tobias Knerr
On 19.08.2012 15:09, Markus Lindholm wrote: On 19 August 2012 14:49, Fabrizio Carrai fabrizio.car...@gmail.com wrote: This could be a solution but it is against the reality: this kind of road are indeed a single entity. The legal division, i.e. the solid_line is just an attribute. There's a

Re: [Tagging] Carriageway divider

2012-08-19 Thread Philip Barnes
On Sun, 2012-08-19 at 11:44 +0200, Fabrizio Carrai wrote: After a short discussion on the italian talk, I would move the discussion in this list. After some tests with OSRM, I missed the availability of a tag to mark the continuos (or discontinued) line that divide the lanes in several single

Re: [Tagging] Carriageway divider

2012-08-19 Thread Markus Lindholm
On 19 August 2012 18:23, Tobias Knerr o...@tobias-knerr.de wrote: On 19.08.2012 15:09, Markus Lindholm wrote: On 19 August 2012 14:49, Fabrizio Carrai fabrizio.car...@gmail.com wrote: This could be a solution but it is against the reality: this kind of road are indeed a single entity. The

Re: [Tagging] Carriageway divider

2012-08-19 Thread Markus Lindholm
On 19 August 2012 15:26, Philip Barnes p...@trigpoint.me.uk wrote: On Sun, 2012-08-19 at 15:04 +0200, Tobias Knerr wrote: On 19.08.2012 14:09, Markus Lindholm wrote: On 19 August 2012 11:44, Fabrizio Carrai fabrizio.car...@gmail.com wrote: Indeed a Divider=solid_line proposal [3] was