I have never used this key before because of the drawback you mentioned: "There is no editor supporting this tag when reverting a way direction", but as far as I know, *direction=forward/backward* is used with *highway=stop* and *highway=give_way* and maybe some other signs.
There are keys similar to *direction=forward/backward*; they aretraffic_sign:forward/backward=<http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Traffic_sign#As_part_of_a_way> yes <http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Traffic_sign#As_part_of_a_way> and traffic_signals:direction=forward/backward<https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:traffic_signals:direction> 2014-04-12 15:27 GMT-03:00 fly <lowfligh...@googlemail.com>: > Please, tell me for what kind of keys is the paragraph about > forward/backward useful. There are no examples and it is only about nodes. > > Thanks > fly > > Am 12.04.2014 20:00, schrieb John Packer: > > Do note that when used on benches, /forward/ and /backward/ are not > > valid values (which is what we are talking about). > > /amenity=bench/ with a /direction=*/ key use angles and cardinal > > directions as values. > > > > > > 2014-04-12 14:46 GMT-03:00 fly <lowfligh...@googlemail.com > > <mailto:lowfligh...@googlemail.com>>: > > > > Sorry, forgot the link. > > > > Yes, it does make sense and is useful for benches and > traffic_signals. > > > > Am 12.04.2014 19:43, schrieb John F. Eldredge: > > > Since a node is a point, and has no dimensions, a direction tag is > > meaningless. > > > > > > > > > On April 12, 2014 12:20:26 PM CDT, fly <lowfligh...@googlemail.com > > <mailto:lowfligh...@googlemail.com>> wrote: > > >> Hey > > >> > > >> As I had much fun with the last subject (noexit), I just can not > hold > > >> myself back to jump into another bee nest. > > >> > > >> I read on the wiki page [1], that direction=forward/backward are > > valid > > >> values also for nodes. > > >> > > >> Could someone please explain me, how this can work. > > >> > > >> I only find some major reasons not to do that: > > >> * You always have to look at the parent object to determine the > > >> direction > > >> * There is no editor supporting this tag when reverting a way > > >> direction > > >> * I am not allowed to split a way at this point which is another > > >> unneeded burn and once again you need special editor support > which is > > >> not present. > > > > [1] https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:direction > > > _______________________________________________ > Tagging mailing list > Tagging@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging >
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