Re: [Tagging] Tagging u-turn restriction with continuous painted line

2012-07-08 Thread Anthony
On Sat, Jul 7, 2012 at 11:15 AM, Philip Barnes wrote: > Thats what I mean by scary, I expect to have to read up on traffic > regulations when I drive in a different country, but for all practical > purposes the rules are exactly the same anywhere in the UK. Allowing > towns of cities to make their

Re: [Tagging] Tagging u-turn restriction with continuous painted line

2012-07-08 Thread Anthony
>> In Florida, and probably all of the USA, double solid yellow means do >> not cross TO PASS. You are allowed to cross to turn, such as to make a >> uturn. >> >> To indicate do no cross you need a yellow median island. > Not in France Right. I believe most if not all of Europe is different from

Re: [Tagging] Tagging u-turn restriction with continuous painted line

2012-07-07 Thread Paul Johnson
On Jul 7, 2012 2:00 AM, "Philip Barnes" wrote: > > On Tue, 2012-07-03 at 16:36 -0500, John F. Eldredge wrote: > > >> >> However, whether or not U-turns are allowed at all varies from place to place. Some >> towns categorically forbid U-turns; some allow them only where signs state they are >> all

Re: [Tagging] Tagging u-turn restriction with continuous painted line

2012-07-07 Thread Philip Barnes
On Sat, 2012-07-07 at 09:04 -0500, John F. Eldredge wrote: > Philip Barnes wrote: > > > On Tue, 2012-07-03 at 16:36 -0500, John F. Eldredge wrote: > > > > > > > > However, whether or not U-turns are allowed at all varies from place > > to place. Some > > > towns categorically forbid U-turns; s

Re: [Tagging] Tagging u-turn restriction with continuous painted line

2012-07-07 Thread John F. Eldredge
Philip Barnes wrote: > On Tue, 2012-07-03 at 16:36 -0500, John F. Eldredge wrote: > > > > > However, whether or not U-turns are allowed at all varies from place > to place. Some > > towns categorically forbid U-turns; some allow them only where signs > state they are > > allowed; some allow t

Re: [Tagging] Tagging u-turn restriction with continuous painted line

2012-07-07 Thread Philip Barnes
On Tue, 2012-07-03 at 16:36 -0500, John F. Eldredge wrote: > > However, whether or not U-turns are allowed at all varies from place to > place. Some > towns categorically forbid U-turns; some allow them only where signs state > they are > allowed; some allow them except where signs forbid the

Re: [Tagging] Tagging u-turn restriction with continuous painted line

2012-07-04 Thread Kytömaa Lauri
Pieren wrote: >but the wiki doesn't say explicitely that "overtaking=no" means "no >u-turn" as well. Could we write this assertion ? Probably not. Here they leave a small (about 3 meter long) gap in the solid line whenever there's a tiny one lane side road (or a driveway) and it's not necessary

Re: [Tagging] Tagging u-turn restriction with continuous painted line

2012-07-03 Thread Martin Koppenhoefer
2012/7/3 Markus Lindholm : > Physical separation doesn't necessarily mean that it's impossible to > cross, it might be no more than a 20cm high curb that an emergency > vehicle or a SUV easily could cross. yes, if you really want to go that deep into detail I suggest you use the area relation or

Re: [Tagging] Tagging u-turn restriction with continuous painted line

2012-07-03 Thread John F. Eldredge
Anthony wrote: > On Jul 3, 2012 8:57 AM, "Martin Koppenhoefer" > wrote: > > > > 2012/7/3 Philip Barnes : > > > In France, a solid line means do not cross. It is more than do not > overtake. > > > > > > +1, I guess it's the same everywhere. > > In Florida, and probably all of the USA, double sol

Re: [Tagging] Tagging u-turn restriction with continuous painted line

2012-07-03 Thread Philip Barnes
On Tue, 2012-07-03 at 15:40 -0400, Anthony wrote: > > On Jul 3, 2012 8:57 AM, "Martin Koppenhoefer" > wrote: > > > > 2012/7/3 Philip Barnes : > > > In France, a solid line means do not cross. It is more than do not > overtake. > > > > > > +1, I guess it's the same everywhere. > > In Florida, and

Re: [Tagging] Tagging u-turn restriction with continuous painted line

2012-07-03 Thread Anthony
On Jul 3, 2012 8:57 AM, "Martin Koppenhoefer" wrote: > > 2012/7/3 Philip Barnes : > > In France, a solid line means do not cross. It is more than do not overtake. > > > +1, I guess it's the same everywhere. In Florida, and probably all of the USA, double solid yellow means do not cross TO PASS. Y

Re: [Tagging] Tagging u-turn restriction with continuous painted line

2012-07-03 Thread Markus Lindholm
On 3 July 2012 17:02, Janko Mihelić wrote: > 2012/7/3 Markus Lindholm >> >> >> I still think it's more straight forward to map as two separate ways >> than to add tags to provide a logically consistent view about how to >> drive from A to B in a legal way. Bank robbers and emergency vehicle >> dr

Re: [Tagging] Tagging u-turn restriction with continuous painted line

2012-07-03 Thread Markus Lindholm
On 3 July 2012 16:47, Eckhart Wörner wrote: > Hi Markus, > > Am Dienstag, 3. Juli 2012, 15:38:57 schrieb Markus Lindholm: >> Physical separation doesn't necessarily mean that it's impossible to >> cross, it might be no more than a 20cm high curb that an emergency >> vehicle or a SUV easily could c

Re: [Tagging] Tagging u-turn restriction with continuous painted line

2012-07-03 Thread Paul Johnson
On Jul 3, 2012 8:07 AM, "Pieren" wrote: > Hmm, look at the wiki first: > http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Proposed_features/Divided_road > > and consider this assumption: > "By default, when a divided way has a junction with a non-divided way, > the division is unbroken." This is something tha

Re: [Tagging] Tagging u-turn restriction with continuous painted line

2012-07-03 Thread Pieren
On Tue, Jul 3, 2012 at 4:23 PM, Eckhart Wörner wrote: > No, it doesn't. > * A divider does not imply overtaking restrictions, as has been argued > before. In most (all?) countries, you are still allowed to overtake as long > as you don't cross the divider. True for overtaking. But it' correct

Re: [Tagging] Tagging u-turn restriction with continuous painted line

2012-07-03 Thread Janko Mihelić
2012/7/3 Markus Lindholm > > I still think it's more straight forward to map as two separate ways > than to add tags to provide a logically consistent view about how to > drive from A to B in a legal way. Bank robbers and emergency vehicle > drivers make anyway their own decision on the spot. > >

Re: [Tagging] Tagging u-turn restriction with continuous painted line

2012-07-03 Thread Eckhart Wörner
Hi Markus, Am Dienstag, 3. Juli 2012, 15:38:57 schrieb Markus Lindholm: > Physical separation doesn't necessarily mean that it's impossible to > cross, it might be no more than a 20cm high curb that an emergency > vehicle or a SUV easily could cross. > > I still think it's more straight forward t

Re: [Tagging] Tagging u-turn restriction with continuous painted line

2012-07-03 Thread Eckhart Wörner
Hi Martin, Am Dienstag, 3. Juli 2012, 14:56:21 schrieb Martin Koppenhoefer: > +1, I guess it's the same everywhere. AFAIK there is no difference > between a double solid line and a single one. You are not allowed to > cross them (but you could if you didn't care about traffic rules, and > you can

Re: [Tagging] Tagging u-turn restriction with continuous painted line

2012-07-03 Thread Markus Lindholm
On 3 July 2012 15:20, Martin Koppenhoefer wrote: > 2012/7/3 Markus Lindholm : >> In my opinion the most straight forward is to treat legal separation >> (i.e. solid line) the same way as physical separation, that is to have >> two ways, one in each direction. > > > if you make no distinction at al

Re: [Tagging] Tagging u-turn restriction with continuous painted line

2012-07-03 Thread Martin Koppenhoefer
2012/7/3 Markus Lindholm : > In my opinion the most straight forward is to treat legal separation > (i.e. solid line) the same way as physical separation, that is to have > two ways, one in each direction. if you make no distinction at all this has the problem that you will get worse results for

Re: [Tagging] Tagging u-turn restriction with continuous painted line

2012-07-03 Thread Markus Lindholm
On 3 July 2012 15:03, Martin Koppenhoefer wrote: > 2012/7/3 Pieren : >> On Tue, Jul 3, 2012 at 2:00 PM, Janko Mihelić wrote: >>> Well, the router could take the overtake tag into consideration, and make >>> you turn around there. They don't do this yet, but probably will. >> >> I discover the ove

Re: [Tagging] Tagging u-turn restriction with continuous painted line

2012-07-03 Thread Martin Koppenhoefer
2012/7/3 Pieren : > On Tue, Jul 3, 2012 at 2:00 PM, Janko Mihelić wrote: >> Well, the router could take the overtake tag into consideration, and make >> you turn around there. They don't do this yet, but probably will. > > I discover the overtake tag: > http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:overt

Re: [Tagging] Tagging u-turn restriction with continuous painted line

2012-07-03 Thread Martin Koppenhoefer
2012/7/3 Philip Barnes : > In France, a solid line means do not cross. It is more than do not overtake. +1, I guess it's the same everywhere. AFAIK there is no difference between a double solid line and a single one. You are not allowed to cross them (but you could if you didn't care about traffi

Re: [Tagging] Tagging u-turn restriction with continuous painted line

2012-07-03 Thread Pieren
On Tue, Jul 3, 2012 at 2:34 PM, Eckhart Wörner wrote: > In what way does oneway=yes apply to end nodes? I mean : you don't add a "no-turn-left" or "no-turn-right" restriction relation at intersections where one of the streets is oneway. Pieren ___ Ta

Re: [Tagging] Tagging u-turn restriction with continuous painted line

2012-07-03 Thread Janko Mihelić
2012/7/3 Pieren > On Tue, Jul 3, 2012 at 2:12 PM, Janko Mihelić wrote: > > But anyway, representing the "no-crossing" > is important for routing and we should consolidate the wiki between > the "overtaking" and "divider" tags. > I agree, we could put something like "routers should offer 180° o

Re: [Tagging] Tagging u-turn restriction with continuous painted line

2012-07-03 Thread Eckhart Wörner
Hi Pieren, Am Dienstag, 3. Juli 2012, 14:21:18 schrieb Pieren: > I think the case can appear very often. Imagine a router based on OSM > data and you take the wrong roundabout exit. The router will re-route > you and most probably with a u-turn, back to the roundabout (but you > are right, because

Re: [Tagging] Tagging u-turn restriction with continuous painted line

2012-07-03 Thread Eckhart Wörner
Hi Janko, Am Dienstag, 3. Juli 2012, 14:12:16 schrieb Janko Mihelić: > I think this is the wrong way to look at this. If you rely on routers to > make this kinds of decisions, you are going to have a lot of problems. What > if there was a roundabout island where you were allowed to u-turn? You > s

Re: [Tagging] Tagging u-turn restriction with continuous painted line

2012-07-03 Thread Pieren
On Tue, Jul 3, 2012 at 2:12 PM, Janko Mihelić wrote: > Anyway, if you don't put a "no_u_turn" restriction in this case, routers are > rarely going to route through that, so I think we are safe either way :) I think the case can appear very often. Imagine a router based on OSM data and you take t

Re: [Tagging] Tagging u-turn restriction with continuous painted line

2012-07-03 Thread Pieren
On Tue, Jul 3, 2012 at 2:00 PM, Janko Mihelić wrote: > Well, the router could take the overtake tag into consideration, and make > you turn around there. They don't do this yet, but probably will. I discover the overtake tag: http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:overtaking but the wiki doesn'

Re: [Tagging] Tagging u-turn restriction with continuous painted line

2012-07-03 Thread Janko Mihelić
2012/7/3 Philip Barnes > > The router does need fixing however as U-turns around a roundabout divider > island are rarely sensible and should not be treated as a junction. > > > Phil > I think this is the wrong way to look at this. If you rely on routers to make this kinds of decisions, you are

Re: [Tagging] Tagging u-turn restriction with continuous painted line

2012-07-03 Thread Pieren
On Tue, Jul 3, 2012 at 1:29 PM, Janko Mihelić wrote: > Are you sure that the dotted overtake line allows you to make a u-turn? Well, usually, a "no-u-turn" restriction is indicated at intersections. The relation "restriction" in OSM is also desgined for intersection nodes. Here we have a road se

Re: [Tagging] Tagging u-turn restriction with continuous painted line

2012-07-03 Thread Philip Barnes
In France, a solid line means do not cross. It is more than do not overtake. On French motorways, the line between the main carriageway and the hard shoulder is broken for this reason. In this case it does mean no U-turns, and a left turn restriction will fix the problem. The router does need

Re: [Tagging] Tagging u-turn restriction with continuous painted line

2012-07-03 Thread Janko Mihelić
2012/7/3 Colin Smale > Not sure about other countries, but in UK and NL a solid line means > (formally) "no crossing" and not "no overtaking". For larger vehicles it > might be effectively the same thing, but for motorcycles (for example) it's > not as they can overtake another motorcycle withou

Re: [Tagging] Tagging u-turn restriction with continuous painted line

2012-07-03 Thread Colin Smale
On 03/07/2012 13:29, Janko Mihelić wrote: I think "no_left_turn" is the best solution. The line on the middle of the street is not a u-turn indicator, it is an overtake indicator which can be tagged with overtaking=no and overtaking=both. Are you sure that the dotted overtake line allows you t

Re: [Tagging] Tagging u-turn restriction with continuous painted line

2012-07-03 Thread Janko Mihelić
2012/7/3 Janko Mihelić > I think "no_left_turn" is the best solution. > Actually, "no_u_turn" would be better. It's the same for the router, but not the same for the user interface. Janko ___ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org http://lists

Re: [Tagging] Tagging u-turn restriction with continuous painted line

2012-07-03 Thread Janko Mihelić
I think "no_left_turn" is the best solution. The line on the middle of the street is not a u-turn indicator, it is an overtake indicator which can be tagged with overtaking=no and overtaking=both. Are you sure that the dotted overtake line allows you to make a u-turn? Janko 2012/7/3 Pieren > H

[Tagging] Tagging u-turn restriction with continuous painted line

2012-07-03 Thread Pieren
Hi all, Someone on the help site is questioning about a missing u-turn restriction on a roundabout junction with splitter islands ([1] in French). The problem is when you take one roundabout exit and want to come back to the roundabout, a router like OSRM is telling you to immediatly turn left aft