[Tagging] automated edits seem to remove crossing=zebra drastically

[Dave F]

On 16/09/2020 14:59, Jeremy Harris wrote:
> On 16/09/2020 14:26, Matthew Woehlke wrote:
>> On 16/09/2020 05.57, Martin Koppenhoefer wrote:
>>> I noticed that crossing=zebra tag usage is drastically shrinking while
>>> the
>>> very generic crossing=marked, which was quite unpopular before (2013-2018
>>> below 6000 uses) now went through the roof and is leading the tagstats
>>> with
>>> more than 1 million uses. What do you think about it, shouldn't we be
>>> encouraging people to use more specific tags like crossing=zebra or
>>> crossing=traffic_signals instead?
>> My understanding is that crossing=zebra is deprecated in favor of
>> crossing=uncontrolled / crossing=traffic_signals. In particular, my
>> understanding is that they are synonymous for (almost¹) all practical
>> purposes. (Also, that crossing=marked is not desired either...)
>>
>> Please explain how crossing=marked is "very generic" and what value
>> crossing=zebra adds.
> In the UK, at least, there is a legal distinction: motor traffic
> is required to give way to pedestrians *waiting to cross* at a
> zebra crossing; this does not apply for crossings that are marked
> (and have feature useful to pedestrians such as refuge islands
> and dropped kerbs).

Indeed; which is why crossing_ref=zebra (which is the correct tag for 
this) should not be tagged as 'uncontrolled'. The presence of a 
pedestrian controls the motor traffic.

DaveF


>
> I could imagine, for example, sight-challenged pedestrians wanting
> to know about zebra-crossings specifically.
>
>