[Tagging] "Unambiguous crossings" proposals and related questions

[Andy Townsend]

On 20/05/2019 06:20, Nick Bolten wrote:
> > if you are having trouble where people are “fixing” your mapping, 
> then draw a way with no highway=* tag put crossing=no on it.
>
> Is this an established strategy? I'd be happy to promote it + update 
> the wiki if it's communally supported. If it's not necessarily an 
> established strategy, I'd also be interested in making a new thread 
> about it in the hopes of making it one.
>
Adding ways where people might think there ought to be ways (but there 
aren't really) is certainly established.  As an example, 
https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/691036735 is one that I did 
yesterday.  Historically I suspect that there was a legal right of way 
across here (and there might still be, although there is nothing 
signed), and there is gap in the barrier that appears to have been 
created to allow crossing, but I wouldn't try it unless you fancy 
playing "human frogger".

Best Regards,

Andy