Colin asked: > Is there any accepted tagging standard for the ubiquitous > "Unsuitable > for HGVs" (white text on blue background)? So it's not illegal for > HGVs, > just ill-advised. So it's a bit like "hgv=destination" in that you don't > want to be there unless there's no reasonable alternative, but it is > signed differently and probably not legally enforcable. I thought > simply > using "hgv=unsuitable" would fit nicely for this. Similarly > "psv=unsuitable" if there is a sign "Unsuitable for buses/coaches", > or > even "motor_vehicle=unsuitable" for "Unsuitable for motor > vehicles". Any > thoughts?
My first post to the newbies email list in 2008 asked about the "Unsuitable for motor vehicles" sign I had encountered and how to tag it. I got no response. It seems that about 8 months later I decided just to add motor_vehicle=unsuitable to the way in question... http://www.openstreetmap.org/browse/way/26551700/history Banoffee asked a similar question on the help website recently, and they decided just to use note= http://help.openstreetmap.org/questions/6287/unsuitable-for-vehicles -text-sign which is what I suggested when I started this wiki page http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Road_signs_in_the_United_Kingdom two days before I added the motor_vehicle=unsuitable tag mentioned above. > How about "width limit 6'6" except for access"? Applications like > truck > routing will need to distinguish these from the straight maxwidth > roads. > How about "maxwidth:throughtraffic=6'6" ? Or "maxwidth=6'6" + > "maxwidth:destination=none"? This is a good question - I think I prefer the latter of your two suggestions. If you have a photo of the sign it might be worth adding to the examples section on the UK road signs wiki page, along with whatever tags you settle on after discussion here. A Google search ("except for access" site:openstreetmap.org) suggests that "except for access" appears in a number of note fields and a few description fields (plus the odd changeset comment). http://taginfo.openstreetmap.org/search?q=except+for+access#values suggests there is one occurrence of "maxweight=7.5 except for access", but note is much more common currently. Ed _______________________________________________ Talk-GB mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb
