Re: [talk-au] traffic lights on dual carriageway intersections

2012-11-03 Thread John Henderson
Steer wrote: I have been trying to find the accepted practise for mapping traffic lights where dual carriageways interest. There is much discussion on various sites, but most seems to be a bit old, and I’m not convinced I’ve found what is the latest accepted practise. I checked some

Re: [talk-au] traffic lights on dual carriageway intersections

2012-11-03 Thread Ross Scanlon
And the only area it's done like this is in Melbourne. Cheers Ross On 03/11/12 17:03, John Henderson wrote: Steer wrote: I have been trying to find the accepted practise for mapping traffic lights where dual carriageways interest. There is much discussion on various sites, but most seems to

Re: [talk-au] traffic lights on dual carriageway intersections

2012-11-03 Thread Alex Sims
On 3/11/2012 5:33 PM, John Henderson wrote: I checked some intersections in Melbourne’s CBD, and the method I saw that I liked and thought the best was where there were 4 lights at the intersection, but they were not placed on the intersecting modes, but one node back “upstream” on each way. I

Re: [talk-au] traffic lights on dual carriageway intersections

2012-11-03 Thread Ian Sergeant
On 03/11/12 18:03, John Henderson wrote: 2. It's the accurate representation of what's on the ground. It lets us convey the significance of the stop lines associated with the lights. That's something we can't do with two-way traffic without compromising point 1. Mapping is choosing a

Re: [talk-au] traffic lights on dual carriageway intersections

2012-11-03 Thread John Henderson
On 04/11/12 07:29, Ian Sergeant wrote: By choosing to place traffic light not on the intersection node, you are failing to represent that this is an intersection of two roads, controlled by traffic signals. Instead you are choosing to represent There is a stop line here and traffic signal and

[talk-au] 4WD only tags

2012-11-03 Thread Li Xia
Hi David, just my 2 cents on 4WD_only tags. By adding a 4x4 recommended tag will add to the complexity because it's kind of subjective as to which roads/tracks are traversable in a 2WD vehicle, therefor adding another option for this key will further complicate the issue. Li.

Re: [talk-au] 4WD only tags

2012-11-03 Thread David Bannon
  Li, I beg to differ. While I agree that grading of a 4x4 track is subjective, so is much of the other data in the OSM database. Must be that way. The real issue is how important the data is. As I have mentioned, I am concerned that maps are being rendered that ignore this data. Routing engines

Re: [talk-au] 4WD only tags

2012-11-03 Thread Stephen Hope
David, When we first proposed (and started using) the 4wd_only tag, there was a lot of pushback from people who complained that it was not a verifiable tag. Track type had the same response. We were able to show them that there are signs all over Australia that say 4WD only at the start of a