On Tue, Jul 7, 2015 at 8:02 PM, Charlotte Wolter <techl...@techlady.com> wrote:
> Matijn, > > By the way, what is the difference between "crossing" and > "level_crossing"? > > I treat highway=crossing the same as railway=crossing. That would be a place where a horse, bike, skateboard, foot path, etc. would cross the railway. I also apply all the related highway=crossing tags to the railway=crossing nodes. I've used this mostly around light rail crossings. There are also additional tags that could be added to a "level crossing": "A level crossing (where a road crosses a railway, usually with a gate and big flashing traffic light)". http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:railway%3Dlevel_crossing That would require additional tasks to survey the crossings. Adding the crossings would be a good first step for a survey phase. Armchair mapping any survey mapping can coexist! > > > At 03:30 PM 7/7/2015, you wrote: > > Hey Mike — > > Crossings already present in OSM will not be excluded, but can be easily > skipped over. In most cases you can see them on the rendered map tiles so > no need for a round trip to the editor. > > Martijn van Exel > > I see the why Martijn would be hard pressed to exclude crossings that are already in the OSM. He's using the Federal Railway Administration, FRA, data as a punch list in this challenge. Perhaps you can add additional features to a crossing in this challenge, if you know that bells and whistles exist at a crossing. Greg
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