[Tagging] highway=crossing not rendered on Mapnik (& others)

Dave F. davefox at madasafish.com
Sun Nov 22 22:36:03 UTC 2015


Great Scott. Just searched the previous messages & find I asked posted 
the same point just a few months back, so please ignore this if you 
wish, although i still think it needs clearing up if only to prevent 
incorrect tagging & improving the map (IMO).

Cheers
Dave F.



On 22/11/2015 22:17, Dave F. wrote:
> Hi
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> Before listing this as a request on the openstreetmap-carto I thought 
> I'd check/discuss here first.
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> From the wiki http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:crossing & the 
> default selection of the 3 main editors, the tags for a pedestrian 
> road crossing that's separate from other traffic control lights are:
> highway=crossing
> crossing=*.
>
> This combination doesn't render in Mapnik. It's led many people to 
> (possibly inadvertently) tagging for the renderer:
> highway=traffic_signals
> crossing=*
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> Is there a reason why it's not in mapnik? It's doesn't cover up other 
> entities as can be seen as used in the latter tag configuration.
>
> Also, on the wiki under traffic_signals 'crossing=traffic_signals' it 
> says "Mostly near highway=traffic_signals." Unsure what's meant by 
> that. If the pedestrian crossing is separate they are almost certainly 
> not near traffic signals. I think it should be clarified or removed.
>
> Cheers
> Dave F.
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