In Spain is easy: when there is no marks = lanes=1 The lack of the mark lanes is the reason why when a Spaniard drives by Rome thinks Italian people are crazy, because they overtake you in the same big lane, but ONLY one lane (lane without marks). One lane= one car. lane with no marks is =1 (driver's school book says that) so lane=0 would be impossible and ununderstable for a Spaniard wherever in the World.
Cheers Yopaseopor On Sat, Jun 15, 2019 at 6:59 PM Martin Koppenhoefer <[email protected]> wrote: > > > sent from a phone > > > On 15. Jun 2019, at 01:10, Joseph Eisenberg <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > This requirement is fine for Europe, but the presence of lane markings > > is not reliable in all of the world. > > > > In developing countries, such as here in Indonesia, the presence of > > painted lane markings is inconsistent. Often cheap pain is used > > instead of more durable thermoplastic, so the markings only last a > > year. After that the road still functions the same, even though the > > markings are no longer visible. > > > > There are also sections of primary or trunk road that are at least 6 > > or 7 meters wide and freshly painted, but have not yet been marked and > > may not be for a number of years. I tag these as lanes=2 because the > > road is clearly wide enough for two lanes. > > > > And here in town the main road was recently marked with 2 lanes in > > each direction, but before it already functioned as 4 lanes because > > the width was sufficient. > > > > While tagging the width is useful, I believe tagging the presence of > > "de facto" lanes is reasonable in developing countries and places > > where painted lane markings are not frequently used. > > > > This description is a perfect fit for the situation in central Italy as > well, not having marked lanes can happen on 2+2 roads for years and for > many kilometers. Often there are lane markings for some part of the road > while they are missing on others. Generally they are aiming at having > lanes, but it isn’t pursued with high priority ;-) > I can understand the argument that lanes have to be painted in order to be > there, but it isn’t the reality I am observing. > > We shouldn’t dismiss lane_markings=no as it can solve both cases: no lanes > marked but lanes=n is set, and no lanes tag set (confirmation the tag > wasn’t forgotten). > > Cheers, Martin > _______________________________________________ > Tagging mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging >
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