[Tagging] sneaking in tags in the wiki

[M∡rtin Koppenhoefer]

2010/9/16 John Smith <deltafoxtrot256 at gmail.com>:
> On 17 September 2010 00:47, M∡rtin Koppenhoefer <dieterdreist at gmail.com> wrote:
>> because it doesn't work well. It is a simplistic approximation to
>> indicate that a crossing is controlled by traffic lights but when it
>
> You are also tagging a fact, at this location there is a stop sign.


this depends where you apply the tags to. If it is a node at the
position of the sign I agree, but if you tag a crossing or a node on a
way I disagree. For traffic_signals and the way they are currently
tagged: they are not where they are tagged. They are usually on every
lane before the crossing. Some lanes also might not have the traffic
lights. Some might have a pedestrian crossing and others don't. You
can't represent this with one node in the middle of the crossing.

Cheers,
Martin