On Sun, Oct 31, 2010 at 9:10 PM, Dave F. <[email protected]> wrote:
> On 31/10/2010 17:08, M∡rtin Koppenhoefer wrote: > >> 2010/10/31 Gorm E. Johnsen<[email protected]>: >> >>> John >>> >>> I propose to replace highway=ford with ford=yes (or perhaps >>> barrier=ford?) >>> on nodes as well, simply to de-clutter the highway tag and to be more >>> consistent. >>> >> >> What about junction=ford ? >> > > No. > > Because it's not a junction, except if you have an amphibious craft of > course. > My thoughts exactly. Thanks. > > ------ > > I'm not sure how the highway tag is cluttered & see no real reason to > change to ford=yes, but don't see a problem with it either. > For consistency. One thing should be one tag. Not like its today with highway=incline on nodes and incline=* on ways, highway=ford on nodes and ford=yes on ways, highway=mini_roundabout on nodes and junction=roundabout on ways. Tagging all these on just a single node is not good, but even worse when its a different tag for way and node. There is many things the higway tags is (mis)used for: amenities, traffic signs, properties etc. In general highway should probably exclusively be used on ways, not nodes. So, yes, I think the highway tag is cluttered. So I have started "cleaning up" the long tail, starting with some of the least used. > Does this 'clutter' problem mean you'll want to amend > traffic_lights/mini_roundabout nodes as well? > I would personally prefer to change mini_roundabout to junction=roundabout, yes. There is a vague difference anyway. That difference can perfectly well be conveyed by the fact that it is tagged on a single node or not.. I had not considered traffic_signals, but yes it does fit into junction=. But please let us not start that discussion now. But don't worry, I won't go ahead and change 29k and 251k elements, respectively, just like that. best regards
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