[Tagging] OSM is a right mess (was: Craigslist OpenStreetMap Rendering Issue)

Andreas Goss andig88 at t-online.de
Thu Jun 4 13:49:12 UTC 2015


> OK, next option is
>
> directions=1 (way)
> directions=2
> directions=unknown.
>
> That way, the key has no  built-in value itself forcing the value to be
> read to have any, well, value !

And someone reading that tag will have no idea what it stands for. Maybe 
those are different exits? Does it has something to do with lanes?

Oneway makes it very easy for every mapper to see the tag and know what 
it means. Another benefit is it's very simple english word.
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