[OSM-newbies] roads

[Jeffrey Martin]

Won't that cause streets with traffic allowed in both directions to show up
on the map as streets that only allow traffic in one direction?
Won't that screw up navigation software?

On 8/12/07, John Wolter <jwolter0 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Typically, if the road doesn't have some sort of physical divider between
> the two traffic directions, the road is represented by a single way.  If
> there is a divder, then make two ways traveling in different directions
> (don't forget to add the tag oneway=yes).  An intersection with a road made
> of two ways generally looks like this:
>
>      |
> -----+----<-
>      |
> -----+---->-
>      |
>
> Of course, then the "intersection" is not a point but a way between two
> points.
>
> A little bit about this sort of thing is at
> http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/Editing_Standards_and_Conventions
>
>
> On 8/11/07, Jeffrey Martin <dogshed at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Could someone direct me to or create a wiki page that explains how to
> > make various kinds of roads
> > and features in JOSM?
> >
> > If a road allows traffic in both directions but doesn't have a stripe to
> > divide the lanes then do I put the two
> > ways on top of each other?
> >
> > How do I join the ways at an intersection?
> >
> > Here are the kinds of roads I went on today on my motor scooter here in
> > Korea.
> >
> > Two lanes paved, parking on each side, a single solid yellow line, and
> > sidewalks.
> > Wide roads with no line but traffic allowed in each direction.
> > Narrow roads with barely enough space for cars going in opposite
> > directions to get by.
> > Single lane roads around construction or where half the road was washed
> > away by last years floods.
> > Paved tractor roads. About the width of a car. Traffic in both
> > directions. Passing in the occasional wide
> > area or where there is room to pull off into the dirt.
> > Unpaved tractor roads.
> > Two lanes in each direction separated by a guard rail.
> > Single lane ramps onto the four lane highway.
> > A highway overpass.
> > A trail barely wide enough for my scooter.
> >
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