I have tagged, occasionally, longitudinal "zebra" markings as designated foot-way, which seems to me better than "crossing" on ways.
Volker Italy On 22 July 2014 12:00, Dan S <danstowell+...@gmail.com> wrote: > 2014-07-22 10:43 GMT+01:00 André Pirard <a.pirard.pa...@gmail.com>: > > > > On 2014-07-22 11:01, Jo wrote : > > I have mentioned without much follow-up a similar issue with > highway=crossing + crossing=*. > > What OSM calls "crossing", zebra stripes, is in fact a "passage pour > piétons" which does not necessarily cross. > > Why do you believe that OSM "crossing" refers not to a place where > highways may be crossed, but to any demarcated pedestrian area on a > highway? In british english it's very clear that a crossing is where > people cross. If "passage pour piétons" refers to a more general > category, then you need to be careful not to confuse the categories. > > The wiki says (but not at the top) "This tag is for the node at the > intersection of highways and footways." That matches my understanding > of it. > http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:highway%3Dcrossing > > > In Belgium (too), we have quite a number of "passages pour piétons" > painted longitudinally and it makes sense. > > Children's safety, for example, is just as important if they have to > walk alongside on the road. > > Or it may be painted across a parking lot, in which case mapping > highway=crossing ways make sense. > > crossing=* alone (which, as a highway=* tag implicitly means > highway:crossing) is sufficient. > > > > So, I am proposing: > > > > to allow crossing=* on any highway=* when the painting is longitudinal > > crossing:right=yes, crossing:left=yes in that case > > highway=crossing for a way painted across an area > > If "crossing" were to be used for places where you cannot cross, this > would confuse many people. I'd suggest you need to use a different > tag. > > Best > Dan > > _______________________________________________ > Tagging mailing list > Tagging@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging >
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