[Tagging] lanes tag dispute

[Anthony]

On Sun, Sep 18, 2011 at 1:38 PM, Nathan Edgars II <neroute2 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> This can be determined by the geometry of the ways, which are mapped
>> at the center.
>
> No they're not.

On Sun, Sep 18, 2011 at 1:39 PM, Nathan Edgars II <neroute2 at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 9/18/2011 1:38 PM, Anthony wrote:
>> Nevermind.  Yes you can.  If the center of the 3 lane road is to the
>> left of the center of the 2 lane road, then the lane was added on the
>> left.  If the center of the 3 lane road is to the right of the center
>> of the 2 lane road, then the lane was added on the right.
>
> Ways are not mapped this way.

Ways aren't mapped at the center?  Where are they mapped?

> And even if they were, this would only work if there's a median.

What's a median got to do with it?

On Sun, Sep 18, 2011 at 1:40 PM, Nathan Edgars II <neroute2 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Not to mention that the line between the lanes doesn't always go straight
> through the intersection.

Why does that matter?