Hi Adam I think option 1 is the consensus way to map these, certainly so in the West Midlands. Option 3 is more verbose but not incorrect. Option 2 omits the salient feature which is highway=crossing and so is not recommended
Regards Brian On 9 March 2017 at 12:23, Adam Snape <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi > > I recently noticed this changeset comment: https://www.openstreetmap.org/ > changeset/46680980 > > It seems that the Wiki suggests three alternative ways of mapping a > pedestrian traffic-light controlled crossing: > 1. Entire crossing mapped as a node: highway > <https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:highway>=crossing + crossing > <https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:crossing>=traffic_signals > <https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:crossing%3Dtraffic_signals> > 2. Entire crossing mapped as a node (alternative): highway > <https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:highway>=*traffic_signals* + > crossing <https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:crossing>= > traffic_signals > <https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:crossing%3Dtraffic_signals> > 3. Crossing mapped separately and tagged highway > <https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:highway>=crossing > <https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:highway%3Dcrossing> + crossing > <https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:crossing>=traffic_signals > <https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:crossing%3Dtraffic_signals> > Traffic lights tagged: highway > <https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:highway>=*traffic_signals* + > crossing <https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:crossing>=no + > traffic_signals:direction > <https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:traffic_signals:direction>= > forward/backward > > According to the Wiki (https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:highway% > 3Dtraffic_signals), the latter is strongly recommended: > > Historically I've tended to use the specific UK shortcuts eg. > highway=crossing crossing=pelican but I'm happy to change if the consensus > is that any of the above methods are to be preferred. I've never been happy > that crossings aren't rendered with a traffic light symbol but have no wish > to tag for the renderer. My worry with Option 3 is that some routing > programs might view it as two (or even three) separate sets of traffic > lights. > > Any advice gratefully received, > > Adam > > _______________________________________________ > Talk-GB mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb > >
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