Re: [Tagging] Proposed relation give_way

2013-03-18 Thread Simone Saviolo
2013/3/16 Philip Barnes p...@trigpoint.me.uk

 Absolutely wrong, obeying traffic rules is 100% the drivers
 responsibility. There already enough numpties on the road, without
 giving them another reason to blame the satnav.

 A satnav should only use the presence of give ways and stops to
 calculate routing times and hence the optimum route.


I disagree. While it's true that no navigator can relieve the driver from
its responsibility of driving with care, I don't see why a navigator
shouldn't warn the driver about features. By your line of reasoning, PNAs
shouldn't warn you about the speed limit either. A PNA does the same job
that a friend on the passenger seat would do: the job is to let you know
things you probably don't know. A person can understand whether you noticed
the red light, and would warn you just if it looks like you missed it; an
automatic navigator could simply tell you Give way 100 metres ahead, I
see nothing wrong with that.

Again, imagine being in a large street of a large city and not knowing the
neighbourhood. In that scenario, you can't just go slow enough to take
your time and read the signs: you would be legally entitled to do so, but
in fact you would be more dangerous (and in danger) than safe. In that
scenario, every little help with getting information would be great. Of
course you could never count on it, but some voice hints could help you
look for the right things with your eyes.

Ciao,

Simone
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Re: [Tagging] Proposed relation give_way

2013-03-17 Thread Philip Barnes
On Sat, 2013-03-16 at 21:31 -0500, Paul Johnson wrote:
 On Saturday, March 16, 2013, Philip Barnes wrote:
 A junction with stop sign will take longer to accomplish as
 the presence
 of the stop sign indicates reduced visibility.
 
 
 Except in places that tend to overuse stop signs.  The west coast
 states, Idaho, and to a lesser extent other states that allow
 motorcycles and bicycles to roll stop signs (Oklahoma has this rule
 primarily because our state's legislature misguidedly thinks pavement
 traffic sensors are based on weight, not magnetism; the big cities and
 ODOT have largely subverted this by switching to optical sensors since
 the law went into effect), tend to post stop signs where yield signs,
 even all-way yields (such as are common on minor intersections in the
 central plains), would be more appropriate.

I am a little confused as to why sensors would be used in conjunction
with a stop or give way/yield? I On traffic lights they are common,
although haven't seen the rubber tubes to detect weight for probably 30
years. Most are wire sensors in the road, although PIR are used on
narrow bridges so the lights can often change as you approach them.

I think that a 4 way stop/yield should tagged as such, as it deserves
its own routing time calculation. It is a very different thing than a
give way or stop where you are joining or crossing a major road. 

In my experience of driving in Canada, 4 way stops are used in places
where a mini-roundabout would more appropriate.

(As a 13 year old brit, visiting Canada for the first time, I can
remember asking my uncle what yield meant. Its not something that is
used in UK English in that way).


  
 Absolutely wrong, obeying traffic rules is 100% the drivers
 responsibility. There already enough numpties on the road,
 without
 giving them another reason to blame the satnav.
 
 A satnav should only use the presence of give ways and stops
 to
 calculate routing times and hence the optimum route.
 
 
 I have a strong feeling, based on existing usage, that warnings for
 stops and give ways will be generated by the folks with the knowledge
 to do so, with understanding that doing so is not fool proof.  This
 information in a satnav is still handy for the sake of knowing whether
 or not OSM is aware of these objects while surveying.
I was not saying stop and give ways should not be mapped, just that
satnavs should not use that information to guide the driver on the craft
of driving, or the 'rule of the road'.

However there are many things that a mapper must dig deeper that mapnik
in order to check. Checking turn restrictions for instance.

Phil (trigpoint)



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Re: [Tagging] Proposed relation give_way

2013-03-16 Thread Philip Barnes

On Fri, 2013-03-15 at 11:53 +0100, Simone Saviolo wrote:
 2013/3/15 Pieren pier...@gmail.com
  It is for navigation. Imagine a corner right before an
 intersection: the
  navigator would warn you that you'll have to give way or to
 stop, and you'll
  prepare the corner accordingly.
 
 
 I don't know any commercial car navigation system that warns
 you about
 give-ways or stops. 
 
 
 This doesn't mean that future navigators shouldn't. 

I would very much disagree with you here, it is up to the driver to
remain alert and to drive within the limits of what they can see. The
golden rule is never drive so fast that you cannot stop, safely, within
the distance you can see to be clear. 
On single track roads half that distance.

  
 Perhaps because it has no influence on the route
 itself. 
 
 
 Don't mix routing with navigating. 

Give ways and Stops do influence routing as they add time  to a journey.
A longer route that avoids give ways and stops can often be quicker.
Particularly turns which require a gap in traffic in both directions on
the road you are joining. (A right turn in drive on left countries, and
a left turn in drive on the right countries.

Most drivers will select routes avoiding some junctions due to the time
taken, the queues that can form etc. Providing this information to
routers will help them produce better routes. 

A junction with stop sign will take longer to accomplish as the presence
of the stop sign indicates reduced visibility.

  
 And that the decision to stop or go depends on the actual
 traffic. 
 
 
 Also the decision to stop because a traffic light is red. Also the
 decision to stop because there's a queue. This doesn't make it
 pointless to signal that there is a traffic light ahead, or that
 queues may be possible (there's even a road sign for that). 
 
Again traffic signals affect the time taken to negotiate a junction, it
may be more or less time than a give way, but it is still part of the
algorithm.
 
  
 And you cannot rely on OSM for your driving decisions.
 Imagine that your navigator warns you 4 times to give way and
 the
 information is missing in OSM for the fifth... 
 
 
 Still better than having none. 
 
Absolutely wrong, obeying traffic rules is 100% the drivers
responsibility. There already enough numpties on the road, without
giving them another reason to blame the satnav.

A satnav should only use the presence of give ways and stops to
calculate routing times and hence the optimum route.

Phil (tripoint)




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Re: [Tagging] Proposed relation give_way

2013-03-16 Thread Paul Johnson
On Saturday, March 16, 2013, Philip Barnes wrote:

 A junction with stop sign will take longer to accomplish as the presence
 of the stop sign indicates reduced visibility.


Except in places that tend to overuse stop signs.  The west coast states,
Idaho, and to a lesser extent other states that allow motorcycles and
bicycles to roll stop signs (Oklahoma has this rule primarily because our
state's legislature misguidedly thinks pavement traffic sensors are based
on weight, not magnetism; the big cities and ODOT have largely subverted
this by switching to optical sensors since the law went into effect), tend
to post stop signs where yield signs, even all-way yields (such as are
common on minor intersections in the central plains), would be more
appropriate.


 Absolutely wrong, obeying traffic rules is 100% the drivers
 responsibility. There already enough numpties on the road, without
 giving them another reason to blame the satnav.

 A satnav should only use the presence of give ways and stops to
 calculate routing times and hence the optimum route.


I have a strong feeling, based on existing usage, that warnings for stops
and give ways will be generated by the folks with the knowledge to do so,
with understanding that doing so is not fool proof.  This information in a
satnav is still handy for the sake of knowing whether or not OSM is aware
of these objects while surveying.
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Re: [Tagging] Proposed relation give_way

2013-03-15 Thread Pieren
 It is for navigation. Imagine a corner right before an intersection: the
 navigator would warn you that you'll have to give way or to stop, and you'll
 prepare the corner accordingly.

I don't know any commercial car navigation system that warns you about
give-ways or stops. Perhaps because it has no influence on the route
itself. And that the decision to stop or go depends on the actual
traffic. And you cannot rely on OSM for your driving decisions.
Imagine that your navigator warns you 4 times to give way and the
information is missing in OSM for the fifth...
But I guess that this discussion is repeating the same arguments we
had about stop signs.

Pieren

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Re: [Tagging] Proposed relation give_way

2013-03-15 Thread Simone Saviolo
2013/3/15 Pieren pier...@gmail.com

  It is for navigation. Imagine a corner right before an intersection: the
  navigator would warn you that you'll have to give way or to stop, and
 you'll
  prepare the corner accordingly.

 I don't know any commercial car navigation system that warns you about
 give-ways or stops.


This doesn't mean that future navigators shouldn't.


 Perhaps because it has no influence on the route
 itself.


Don't mix routing with navigating.


 And that the decision to stop or go depends on the actual
 traffic.


Also the decision to stop because a traffic light is red. Also the decision
to stop because there's a queue. This doesn't make it pointless to signal
that there is a traffic light ahead, or that queues may be possible
(there's even a road sign for that).


 And you cannot rely on OSM for your driving decisions.
 Imagine that your navigator warns you 4 times to give way and the
 information is missing in OSM for the fifth...


Still better than having none.

Regards,

Simone
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Re: [Tagging] Proposed relation give_way

2013-03-15 Thread Paul Johnson
On Fri, Mar 15, 2013 at 4:13 AM, Pieren pier...@gmail.com wrote:

  It is for navigation. Imagine a corner right before an intersection: the
  navigator would warn you that you'll have to give way or to stop, and
 you'll
  prepare the corner accordingly.

 I don't know any commercial car navigation system that warns you about
 give-ways or stops. Perhaps because it has no influence on the route
 itself. And that the decision to stop or go depends on the actual
 traffic. And you cannot rely on OSM for your driving decisions.


I choose my route based on what's in OSM all the time...literally about
half of my workday is in the car.


 Imagine that your navigator warns you 4 times to give way and the
 information is missing in OSM for the fifth...
 But I guess that this discussion is repeating the same arguments we
 had about stop signs.


 But that goes with any electronic navigation and driving aid and isn't OSM
specific.  Hell, in Oklahoma there's places where you just have to know the
ramp connects to the highway you want to go to because they signed it as
the most common destination exclusivley (such as the south end of OK-11
where it meets I-244; on I 244, it's simply signed Tulsa International
Airport with no mention that you're on OK 11 until you're after the
curve).  Or the Pacific Northwest, thanks to lax record keeping and a lack
of public push to stop it, the meth heads will steal and recycle anything
metal, in which you just have to know that you're supposed to stop or give
way, since they're not huge on pavement markings except on the most major
streets there.
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[Tagging] Proposed relation give_way

2013-03-14 Thread Simone Saviolo
Hi everyone!

I noticed that the proposal for a give_way type relationship [1] has been
in draft for nine solid years. It seems a great solution to the current
limitations of highway=give_way and highway=stop, also because it reuses a
tagging scheme that is widely accepted both by mappers and by consumers for
turn restrictions.

I suggest that discussion on this proposal be revived. It should undergo
the regular voting process and finally become an approved relation type.

It may also be that it became a de facto standard in the meanwhile. Does
somebody know of a router that uses this relation, possibly to provide
navigation indications?

Regards,

Simone

[1] http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Relations/Proposed/Give_way
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Re: [Tagging] Proposed relation give_way

2013-03-14 Thread Philip Barnes
A good idea. Just thought I should mention the relation through_route, which is 
related to this, where the main road though a junction so that routers can give 
correct turn instructions, although none I know of support this.

Often the through route is not the straight ahead, so a turn is
often ignored by routers when joining or leaving via a road that has a give way.

Phil (trigpoint)
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On 14/03/2013 14:43 Simone Saviolo wrote:

Hi everyone!



I noticed that the proposal for a give_way type relationship [1] has been in 
draft for nine solid years. It seems a great solution to the current 
limitations of highway=give_way and highway=stop, also because it reuses a 
tagging scheme that is widely accepted both by mappers and by consumers for 
turn restrictions.


I suggest that discussion on this proposal be revived. It should undergo the 
regular voting process and finally become an approved relation type.


It may also be that it became a de facto standard in the meanwhile. Does 
somebody know of a router that uses this relation, possibly to provide 
navigation indications?


Regards,


Simone


[1] http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Relations/Proposed/Give_way

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Re: [Tagging] Proposed relation give_way

2013-03-14 Thread Chris Hill

On 14/03/13 14:43, Simone Saviolo wrote:
I noticed that the proposal for a give_way type relationship [1] has 
been in draft for nine solid years. It seems a great solution to the 
current limitations of highway=give_way and highway=stop, also because 
it reuses a tagging scheme that is widely accepted both by mappers and 
by consumers for turn restrictions.


I suggest that discussion on this proposal be revived. It should 
undergo the regular voting process and finally become an approved 
relation type.


[1] http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Relations/Proposed/Give_way

If it has sat around unloved for years why would voting for it make it 
suddenly useful?


Discuss it, try using it, help support its use in software if you can, 
but please don't go through the broken, pointless charade of voting for 
a tag that has been untouched for years.


Voting for tags to 'approve them' is stupid - there are *no* approved 
tags in OpenStreetMap, only ones that people find useful.


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Re: [Tagging] Proposed relation give_way

2013-03-14 Thread Steve Doerr
I suppose the main downside is that it requires a relation. I've not 
mapped give-way relationships myself, but it would be good to map them, 
and the node method seems simpler and would involve less database bloat 
than adding a relation at, basically, every junction. I would think the 
node method would be sufficient for most junctions, while the relation 
method could be available for any more complex cases. As far as I can 
see, with the node method, the important thing to remember is that the 
give-way node needs to be closer to the intersection node to which it 
applies than to any other intersection node on the way, which doesn't 
seem too difficult to achieve. It should perhaps be made clear in the 
wiki that there is not necessarily an actual Give Way sign: it can be 
used to represent a give-way line as well.


Steve


On 14/03/2013 14:43, Simone Saviolo wrote:

Hi everyone!

I noticed that the proposal for a give_way type relationship [1] has 
been in draft for nine solid years. It seems a great solution to the 
current limitations of highway=give_way and highway=stop, also because 
it reuses a tagging scheme that is widely accepted both by mappers and 
by consumers for turn restrictions.


I suggest that discussion on this proposal be revived. It should 
undergo the regular voting process and finally become an approved 
relation type.


It may also be that it became a de facto standard in the meanwhile. 
Does somebody know of a router that uses this relation, possibly to 
provide navigation indications?


Regards,

Simone

[1] http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Relations/Proposed/Give_way


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Re: [Tagging] Proposed relation give_way

2013-03-14 Thread Simone Saviolo
2013/3/14 Chris Hill o...@raggedred.net

 On 14/03/13 14:43, Simone Saviolo wrote:

 I noticed that the proposal for a give_way type relationship [1] has been
 in draft for nine solid years. It seems a great solution to the current
 limitations of highway=give_way and highway=stop, also because it reuses a
 tagging scheme that is widely accepted both by mappers and by consumers for
 turn restrictions.

 I suggest that discussion on this proposal be revived. It should undergo
 the regular voting process and finally become an approved relation type.

 [1] http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Relations/Proposed/Give_way

  If it has sat around unloved for years why would voting for it make it
 suddenly useful?

 Discuss it, try using it, help support its use in software if you can, but
 please don't go through the broken, pointless charade of voting for a tag
 that has been untouched for years.

 Voting for tags to 'approve them' is stupid - there are *no* approved tags
 in OpenStreetMap, only ones that people find useful.


I agree with you. What I'm trying to do is remind people that this proposal
exists, so that people may start using it. The first step to do this is to
let people know about it. The second one is to drag it out of that Draft
status, so that those who find it by searching the wiki don't come to the
conclusion that they shouldn't use it.

Regards,

Simone
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Re: [Tagging] Proposed relation give_way

2013-03-14 Thread Simone Saviolo
2013/3/14 Steve Doerr doerr.step...@gmail.com

  I suppose the main downside is that it requires a relation. I've not
 mapped give-way relationships myself, but it would be good to map them, and
 the node method seems simpler and would involve less database bloat than
 adding a relation at, basically, every junction. I would think the node
 method would be sufficient for most junctions, while the relation method
 could be available for any more complex cases. As far as I can see, with
 the node method, the important thing to remember is that the give-way node
 needs to be closer to the intersection node to which it applies than to any
 other intersection node on the way, which doesn't seem too difficult to
 achieve. It should perhaps be made clear in the wiki that there is not
 necessarily an actual Give Way sign: it can be used to represent a give-way
 line as well.


I see your point, and I've tagged a few highway=give_way and highway=stop
nodes myself. However, since we are already mapping turn restrictions as
relations, I think it wouldn't be so absurd to map give-way's and stops
that way too. Granted, there are much more stops than the turn restrictions
that need to be described explicitly.

I think the two ways may coexist: the node method being easier on the
mappers, and the relation being easier on the consumers.

Regards,

Simone
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Re: [Tagging] Proposed relation give_way

2013-03-14 Thread Jo
2013/3/14 Simone Saviolo simone.savi...@gmail.com

 2013/3/14 Steve Doerr doerr.step...@gmail.com

  I suppose the main downside is that it requires a relation. I've not
 mapped give-way relationships myself, but it would be good to map them, and
 the node method seems simpler and would involve less database bloat than
 adding a relation at, basically, every junction. I would think the node
 method would be sufficient for most junctions, while the relation method
 could be available for any more complex cases. As far as I can see, with
 the node method, the important thing to remember is that the give-way node
 needs to be closer to the intersection node to which it applies than to any
 other intersection node on the way, which doesn't seem too difficult to
 achieve. It should perhaps be made clear in the wiki that there is not
 necessarily an actual Give Way sign: it can be used to represent a give-way
 line as well.


 I see your point, and I've tagged a few highway=give_way and highway=stop
 nodes myself. However, since we are already mapping turn restrictions as
 relations, I think it wouldn't be so absurd to map give-way's and stops
 that way too. Granted, there are much more stops than the turn restrictions
 that need to be described explicitly.

 I think the two ways may coexist: the node method being easier on the
 mappers, and the relation being easier on the consumers.


Maybe I should have a look at the proposal first, but wouldn't you have
give_way or stop node anyway? If it is near to an intersection, why would
it be hard on consumers to deal with it?

I think you'd only need a relation if the directionality isn't what one
would normally expect, i.e. you enter the street from the intersection and
then you are supposed to give way, maybe to a cycleway or a crossing.
Although even that is normal. Because traffic that makes a turn has to
yield for traffic traveling straight on.

Jo
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Re: [Tagging] Proposed relation give_way

2013-03-14 Thread A.Pirard.Papou

On 2013-03-14 15:43, Simone Saviolo wrote :

Hi everyone!

I noticed that the proposal for a give_way type relationship [1] has 
been in draft for nine solid years. It seems a great solution to the 
current limitations of highway=give_way and highway=stop, also because 
it reuses a tagging scheme that is widely accepted both by mappers and 
by consumers for turn restrictions.


I suggest that discussion on this proposal be revived. It should 
undergo the regular voting process and finally become an approved 
relation type.


It may also be that it became a de facto standard in the meanwhile. 
Does somebody know of a router that uses this relation, possibly to 
provide navigation indications?


Regards,

Simone

[1] http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Relations/Proposed/Give_way


From wikipedia: In road transport, a YIELD (Canada, Ireland, and the 
United States) or GIVE WAY (Hong Kong and most Commonwealth countries) 
traffic sign indicates that a vehicle driver must prepare to stop if 
necessary to let a driver on another approach proceed (but has no need 
to stop if his way is clear). A driver who stops has yielded or given 
his right of way to another. 
Canada etc... are not the only countries in the world and highway=give 
way http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:highway%3Dgive_way mentions 
an international standard sign.  URLs (links) to more information would 
be very much welcome
A driver who stops in Belgium has *NOT* yielded or given his right of 
way to another.
This rule might have changed for compatibility with other European 
regulations.
Even more that wrong speed limits, this misinformation can lead to 
accidents.

It should be changed in the wiki.

Cheers,

André.


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Re: [Tagging] Proposed relation give_way

2013-03-14 Thread fly
On 14.03.2013 17:01, Jo wrote:
 2013/3/14 Simone Saviolo simone.savi...@gmail.com
 mailto:simone.savi...@gmail.com
 
 2013/3/14 Steve Doerr doerr.step...@gmail.com
 mailto:doerr.step...@gmail.com

 I think the two ways may coexist: the node method being easier on
 the mappers, and the relation being easier on the consumers.
 
 
 Maybe I should have a look at the proposal first, but wouldn't you have
 give_way or stop node anyway? If it is near to an intersection, why
 would it be hard on consumers to deal with it?
 
 I think you'd only need a relation if the directionality isn't what one
 would normally expect, i.e. you enter the street from the intersection
 and then you are supposed to give way, maybe to a cycleway or a
 crossing. Although even that is normal. Because traffic that makes a
 turn has to yield for traffic traveling straight on.

Funny, I was thinking about who to add a give_way to node which is
already tagged with traffic_lights just a few days ago. I know quite a
couple of them.

cheers
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Re: [Tagging] Proposed relation give_way

2013-03-14 Thread Richard Fairhurst
Simone Saviolo wrote:
 I noticed that the proposal for a give_way type relationship [1] 
 has been in draft for nine solid years.

That's fiendishly clever given that OpenStreetMap didn't exist nine years
ago...

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Re: [Tagging] Proposed relation give_way

2013-03-14 Thread Pieren
On Thu, Mar 14, 2013 at 7:47 PM, Richard Fairhurst rich...@systemed.net

 That's fiendishly clever given that OpenStreetMap didn't exist nine years
 ago...

^^
But, a silly question : where does it help to put so much efforts in
tagging a give-way traffic sign ? It's not for routing. If it is for
rendering, a simple node is enough. So why a relation ? for blind
drivers ?

Pieren

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Re: [Tagging] Proposed relation give_way

2013-03-14 Thread Paul Johnson
On Thu, Mar 14, 2013 at 2:51 PM, Pieren pier...@gmail.com wrote:

 But, a silly question : where does it help to put so much efforts in
 tagging a give-way traffic sign ? It's not for routing. If it is for
 rendering, a simple node is enough. So why a relation ? for blind
 drivers ?


Not quite.  Blind pedestrians would benefit from knowing that traffic might
not necessarily stop if they're looking left for the traffic they're
merging into instead of right for a pedestrian determined to leave the
sidewalk.  I'm also going to have to disagree on the routing aspect.
 Knowing *which way* is supposed to give way (or stop) can be weighted when
making routing decisions (since in terms of free flow, from greatest flow
to least, you have no control, toll plaza that takes ETC (Oklahoma
PIKEPASS, Kansas KPASS, etc), railroad crossing, give way, traffic signals,
stop, coins-only cash toll plaza, cash toll plaza).
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Re: [Tagging] Proposed relation give_way

2013-03-14 Thread Simone Saviolo
2013/3/14 Pieren pier...@gmail.com

 On Thu, Mar 14, 2013 at 7:47 PM, Richard Fairhurst rich...@systemed.net

  That's fiendishly clever given that OpenStreetMap didn't exist nine years
  ago...

 ^^
 But, a silly question : where does it help to put so much efforts in
 tagging a give-way traffic sign ? It's not for routing. If it is for
 rendering, a simple node is enough. So why a relation ? for blind
 drivers ?


It is for navigation. Imagine a corner right before an intersection: the
navigator would warn you that you'll have to give way or to stop, and
you'll prepare the corner accordingly. Additionally, if you're in an
unknown city you're probably already busy trying to follow the other cars'
traffic, the navigation hints and other stuff, so you might miss some road
signs; if we mark it, the navigator could warn you about a stop. It's a
great safety measure.

Ciao,

Simone
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Re: [Tagging] Proposed relation give_way

2013-03-14 Thread James Mast

Why wouldn't something like a node tagged highway:forward=give_way work? 
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Re: [Tagging] Proposed relation give_way

2013-03-14 Thread Martin Koppenhoefer




Am 15/mar/2013 um 02:00 schrieb James Mast rickmastfa...@hotmail.com:

 Why wouldn't something like a node tagged highway:forward=give_way work?


Because a node doesn't have direction. Why does it have to be a node of the 
way? You could set the node slightly right (or left where people drive on the 
strange side) of the road and project it in preprocessing to the nearest road 
to get the link.

cheers,
Martin
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Re: [Tagging] Proposed relation give_way

2013-03-14 Thread Paul Johnson
On Thu, Mar 14, 2013 at 8:18 PM, Martin Koppenhoefer dieterdre...@gmail.com
 wrote:


 Am 15/mar/2013 um 02:00 schrieb James Mast rickmastfa...@hotmail.com:

  Why wouldn't something like a node tagged highway:forward=give_way
 work?


 Because a node doesn't have direction. Why does it have to be a node of
 the way? You could set the node slightly right (or left where people drive
 on the strange side) of the road and project it in preprocessing to the
 nearest road to get the link.


You'd still need direction.  Give ways such as on pretty much any
midwestern left-handed entrance ramp still put the YIELD sign on the right
of the ramp, turned slightly towards the road for which it applies.  Since
the main roadway has more shoulder than the ramp, the sign at left
entrances tends to be substantially closer to the motorway, which has the
right of way and doesn't yield.
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