2011/8/25 Anthony <[email protected]> > On Thu, Aug 25, 2011 at 4:30 AM, Simone Saviolo > <[email protected]> wrote: > > Woah, stop :-) What I meant is: > > - we've always said that each way should represent a linear feature; > > - for highways, this means a carriageway. If a road has a single two-way > > carriageway, i.e., if a car going from A to B can go on the opposite lane > > (the one used by those who go from B to A), then it should be drawn as a > > single way. If there is an actual physical separation such as a barrier > (for > > example on motorways) then there are two carriageways and two ways should > be > > drawn (*usually* each one would be one-way). > > - it is disputed whether to draw two ways where two lanes are divided by > a > > traffic island (which is a legal strict separation, even stricter than > the > > continuous line, but not a physical separation) > > That's what's said, anyway. Personally I've always considered it > false to say that these two lanes aren't physically separated. Those > lines drawn on the ground aren't figments of my imagination. >
I can understand the arguments: after all, you can physically go from a lane to the other with your car, so they aren't physically separated. Personally, I'm in favour of drawing two distinct ways. Ciao, Simone
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