Paint is physical. It can be seen. It is not just a psychological or imaginary concept. If one is driving a motor vehicle and abiding by the law then, in my understanding, an unbroken painted line on the road is a physical barrier that cannot be traversed.
On Fri, 4 Mar 2022, at 10:55 PM, [email protected] wrote: > This query was triggered by the following comment in another thread, > but I’ll start a new thread so as not to distract the original. > > “ ’Don't split ways if there is no physical separation’ is one of the > core tenets of highway mapping in OSM.” > > My query is about how to correctly map an intersection in Perth while > abiding by the above. I will try to describe the situation as best I > can without being able to resort to a sketch: > > - there is a junction between 2 major highways in Perth (Roe & Tonkin > Highways) > - there is a slip road off one (Roe heading west) that merges with the > 2 lanes of the other (Tonkin heading south) > - from the merge point there are 3 lanes (the slip lane + the 2 through > lanes) > - from the merge point, there is no physical barrier down to the > traffic lights at the next intersection (Hale Rd - which is quite close > – hundreds of metres) > - however there is a solid white line between the slip lane and the 2 > continuing lanes – right to the next intersection > - this means you cannot legally come off the slip lane and turn right > at the next intersection (Hale Rd) because you cannot legally cross the > solid white line > > This has currently been mapped “as normal”, ie 1 slip lane joining a 2 > lane road, becoming 3 lanes after the merge point. > > Other than maintaining the slip road as a separate way right to the > next intersection (with a no right turn), how else would this be mapped > so people coming off the slip road cannot turn right at the next > intersection? > > Ian > _______________________________________________ > Talk-au mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-au _______________________________________________ Talk-au mailing list [email protected] https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-au
