On Sun, Sep 18, 2011 at 12:01 PM, Dave F. <[email protected]> wrote: > On 18/09/2011 16:20, Nathan Edgars II wrote: >> Here's an example of what tagging every lane would lead to: >> http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/File:Silly_lane_count.jpg > > I see nothing intrinsically wrong with that. Lots of splitting ways & > tagging admittedly, but that's a problem with OSM & its tagging process.
I agree. This data would be quite useful to routing software, especially when combined with information about which lanes have which turn restrictions. Yes, it's a lot of work, and people routinely ignore it, but that doesn't make it wrong. The way I see it, ignoring short lane number changes is equivalent to ignoring short traffic dividers (e.g. http://g.co/maps/cqdmf). I wouldn't blame someone for ignoring it, but I wouldn't blame someone for including it either. Nathan, what is one supposed to do if *all* lanes are turning lanes (e.g. http://g.co/maps/4j2uh)? Do we tag it lanes=0? _______________________________________________ Tagging mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging
