2015-02-25 19:56 GMT+01:00 Ole Nielsen <[email protected]>: > On 25/02/2015 16:41, Martin Vonwald wrote: > >> I don't think of them as lanes, so I wouldn't use some :lanes-tag. I >> thought that there is already a tag, that I simply put on the road for >> the length of the bay - just like e.g. sidewalk=right. But that's >> obviously not the case and it is not possible with highway=emergency_bay. >> >> When tagged as node I lose the length. Tagging as separate way seem >> counter-intuitive - there is no separate road. Tagging as area seems... >> strange ;-) >> > > Well, we already have the approved feature http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/ > wiki/Tag:highway%3Dpassing_place for features of a very similar physical > nature but for a different purpose. The consistent solution is to use > highway=emergency_bay on nodes in the same way as for passing places. >
Consistent, but missing details. > And why do you want that kind of details? If it is tagged as emergency_bay > you know it is big enough for a broken down vehicle. That is the only > information you really need if you are having car problems. We do not tag for broken cars ;-) > And adding an attribute to a short section of highway just results in > further (in my opinion unnecessary) fragmentation of highways. There are many different opinions on that matter. If an attribute of the road changes, I split. > If you really want to add the length you could use maxlength=* for the > maximum vehicle length fitting in the bay. Why measure the length and add a tag instead of simply putting a tag along the bay on the road? That seems a little bit too complicated to me. > That would also be easier for data consumers to process. > Are you speaking for all data consumers? Yesterdays solutions might not work tomorrow. Best regards, Martin
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