[OSM-newbies] highway=traffic_signals

[Xan]

En/na Pieren ha escrit:
> On Fri, Apr 9, 2010 at 4:33 AM, James Ewen <ve6srv at gmail.com 
> <mailto:ve6srv at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>     The best that I or anyone else can do, is enter into a discussion
>     such as this
>     one now. From this discussion, we might come to a consensus of how we
>     should be mapping specific items.
>
>
> The discussion shouldn't come to this list. Only a part of the 
> contributors read the ML and even less are participating. The 
> consensus is visible through the statistics and what is on the map. 
> It' s clear today that the vast majority of the contributors follows 
> Richard's method.
> What Dave is doing is not wrong but does not bring much more 
> information and, as you said, is still an abstraction of the reality.
>
> Pieren
For searching the consensus, I think this (and another) list (/s) serves 
us. It's clear that we simplify the reality. We should do, because if we 
don't do, we have real "satellite map" ;-)

I think Richard's method is the most appropiate, because it is centered 
in the utility of the traffic_signals: putting the traffic signals _on_ 
the road, serves to us for knowing that this signals controls _this_ 
road, althogh it's near it. Putting it some meters near the road, yes 
it's the exact location of the signals, but for what it serves to us? 
What does this signal control?

Do you understand what I would express.... the english is not (clear) my 
native language ;-)

Cheers,
Xan.