Colm, May I suggest to read to read some posts from the tagging mailing list
https://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/tagging/2015-October/027218.html continued in November https://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/tagging/2015-November/027225.html It's the same topic. I don't know whether you will get the answer that you need from it, but you might get some ideas. regards m On Wed, Nov 4, 2015 at 9:48 PM, Colm Moore <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > I'm wondering what the best way is to deal with traffic islands - the > parts of roads that aren't roadway / carriageway and aren't lateral > footways / footpaths. Sometimes they are unmapped, sometimes they are > mapped as pedestrian areas and/or pedestrian ways . > On the road, they generally come in one of three fashions:1. No pedestrian > access / no meaningful pedestrian use, e.g. Dorset Street Lower in Dublin, > where there are trees every 10 meters that block the way. Not mapped, > other than as two separate roadways. Should these be mapped at all? > > https://www.google.ie/maps/@53.3599777,-6.261141,3a,75y,44.35h,85.42t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1s0YTaJATDMDakjhiLjRa__w!2e0!6s%2F%2Fgeo2.ggpht.com%2Fcbk%3Fpanoid%3D0YTaJATDMDakjhiLjRa__w%26output%3Dthumbnail%26cb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile.gps%26thumb%3D2%26w%3D203%26h%3D100%26yaw%3D219.34166%26pitch%3D0!7i13312!8i6656 > 2. Those where pedestrian access is an important part of their use, e.g. > at the central median on O'Connell Bridge in Dublin. Mapped as pedestrian > area linked to pedestrian ways at the south end, but not the north end, > effectively making it a cul de sac. I'm not sure how route planners treat > areas. > > https://www.google.ie/maps/@53.3470972,-6.2591266,3a,75y,90t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1s7ed2ZerYJnbZnrW-0cHENQ!2e0!6s%2F%2Fgeo2.ggpht.com%2Fcbk%3Fpanoid%3D7ed2ZerYJnbZnrW-0cHENQ%26output%3Dthumbnail%26cb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile.gps%26thumb%3D2%26w%3D203%26h%3D100%26yaw%3D94.366425%26pitch%3D0!7i13312!8i6656 > 3. Traffic islands at signaled junctions generally, e.g. at the junction > of O'Connell Bridge / D'Olier Street / Westmoreland Street. Mapped as > pedestrian areas and pedestrian ways. > Thank you > Colm > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can > change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has. Margaret Mead > _______________________________________________ > Talk-ie mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ie > _______________________________________________ Talk-ie mailing list [email protected] https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ie
