[OSM-newbies] contraflow bus lanes and unusual bridges

[Claudius]

Am 11.06.2009 14:39, Mike Harris:
> Not really an aerialway as it is anchored to the ground at each end. Why not
> highway=bridge, layer=n, foot=yes, etc. and bridge_type=transporter?
>
> Afaik this is the only remaining one in service in the UK (and I have used
> it!) but I believe that there are one or two others still standing but out
> of service (e.g. Warrington?).
>
>
> Mike Harris
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Paul Johnson [mailto:baloo at ursamundi.org]
> Sent: 11 June 2009 05:28
> To: newbies at openstreetmap.org
> Subject: Re: [OSM-newbies] contraflow bus lanes and unusual bridges
>
> Cartinus wrote:
>> On Thursday 11 June 2009 04:17:56 Paul Johnson wrote:
>>> It's a bridge
>> That's debatable. I would call it a type of aerialway.
>>
>> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transporter_bridge>
>> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middlesbrough_Transporter_Bridge>
>
> Oh!  I thought it was literally called "Transporter Bridge," I wasn't aware
> any bridges of that design still existed, given their limited popularity.
> I'm wondering if aerialway=* would fit best (aerialway=ferry perhaps?).

I wouldn't tag it as a bridge, because the form of transport is rather 
not you driving or walking but being carried in a cabin. I'd rather tend 
to make it an aerialway.

Albeit not tagging for the renderer take into account that bridge types 
aren't rendered differently, so you would expect a concrete road bridge 
if tagged as a bridge. Opposed to that an aerialway rendering with a 
dotted line conveys the nature of the connection much better.

Claudius