[OSM-newbies] Separating streets that don't join (Isaac Wingfield)

[Isaac Wingfield]

>
> First, yes, I would add a short section of highway connecting Little
> Brenham Lane to Coralee Drive, as you have, but place the bollard at  
> the
> other end of that short section, so that it is clear that the  
> restriction
> applies to Coralee Drive, and not, as you currently have it,  
> preventing
> traffic flow along Brenham Lane. If there actually is no defineable  
> cycle
> path, such that just removing the bollard would allow autos proceeding
> onto or off of Little Brenham Lane with physical difference in from  
> any
> other local intersection, then I would not differentiate the way  
> markings
> with a cycle path, just use residential. If there is, in fact, a very
> short section of the way which is distinguishable from the street,  
> then
> yes, add an appropriate length section of bike path. There is really  
> no
> need to do that unless the difference is actually there, though.  
> Because
> of trees and shadows, I can't tell from the Yahoo imagery which is the
> case. The bollard rendering (dot in the street) should visually  
> indicate
> that there is no passage to a motorist viewing the map, and the fact  
> that
> it is on the node on Coralee Drive will (or at least should) prevent
> routers from routing automobiles through that intersection.

Very clear. Thanks.

> What is particularly interesting to me is that while Mapnik renders  
> the
> bollard correctly, Osmarenderer appears to place the bollard at  
> entirely
> the wrong intersection. At Rafton Drive and Coralee Drive rather  
> than at
> Little Brenham Lane. If it is as it appears to me, that should be  
> worth a
> bug report. Placing the bollard in the middle of the intersection  
> may have
> confused Osmarenderer, but it shouldn't have.

Well, that's because I accidentally put the bollard at that place  
initially, and corrected the error later. You just checked things  
after Mapnik had updated, but before Osmarenderer had.

> By the way JOSM, at least, will be much happier if you change all  
> those
> street abbreviations (Ln, Dr, etc.) to full words. And delete the
> tiger:review=no entry on those ways that you have either verified or
> corrected, to indicate that you have reviewed the TIGER data.

Good to know; again, thanks.

Isaac