I have no problem with some people just mapping "it has traffic lights" and others adding more detail, if they feel a need for it. Most people are never going to need (or have the time/knowledge to enter) more than "there are lights here", but that doesn't mean we shouldn't have the option for more. But if the only knowledge I have is "there are lights here", I'd rather be able to mark that than have to fake up some light pole positions or leave it without.
Having said that, I do have some questions about marking in detail Should we use different tags for "this whole intersections has lights" and "there are lights in this exact spot". My first instinct is to say yes, so that data users can easily search for one or the other. You could say that any lights not on a way are one, and lights on a way are the other, but what about overhead signals that hang over the centre of the way/intersection? Is there a problem with marking an intersection both ways? Should we mark where the pole is, or where the lights are? Many of our traffic lights hang over the road, with the pole base off to one side. Should we be somehow marking which ways the various signals control? The same pole pole can have signals facing different directions, or just one. Stephen _______________________________________________ Tagging mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging
