On Fri, Jan 31, 2020 at 12:35:35AM +0000, Andy Townsend wrote: > On 30/01/2020 18:58, ael wrote: > > On Thu, Jan 30, 2020 at 06:14:44PM +0000, Martin Wynne wrote: > > > -- even if it is, highway=layby appears to be an abandoned proposal: > > > > > > https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Proposed_features/Lay-by > > That was a proposal for "highway=layby". "layby" does get used as a value: > > https://taginfo.openstreetmap.org.uk/search?q=layby#values > > but parking=layby is the most common tag/value combination for it in the UK. > > > Well, I call them (informal) laybys, and they are far too important to > > miss off the map. > > > > Layby is the obvious UK term, so I use > > highway=rest_area > > rest_area=layby.
OK. I agree that parking=layby is much better. I use josm and that is not offered in the presets. And the josm validator objects. For lack of time I just 'enhanced' the nearest offer: rest_area. But now I have just retagged a couple as parking=layby. I just have to remember to override josm each time, or I might get around to a bug report... > > I did wonder about attaching a screenshot from the gps-dashcam footage > > of that road, but it is nearly 300K and would probably be rejected by > > the list software, and maybe a bit antisocial for those with limited > > bandwidth... > > The usual option there is "stick it somewhere and link to it", I guess. I know, I know. I even have a proper open source place to put such things, but I have not used it before, and time is limited. I must really have a look when I have a moment. It wasn't as if the screenshot was very important. Thanks again for drawing attention to parking=layby. I am prretty sure that I used to use the regularly a few years ago. ael _______________________________________________ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb
