[Tagging] Mapping area of pedestrian crossing

Mateusz Konieczny matkoniecz at tutanota.com
Tue May 18 11:55:36 UTC 2021




May 17, 2021, 19:48 by georg2016 at nurfuerspam.de:

> Hi Mateusz,
>
>> In some cases people may want to map pedestrian crossing
>> also as an area.
>>
>> For example see
>> https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/655343334
>> https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/655410319
>> https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/654981687
>>
>
> Without knowing the 3 objects in situ, in maps and aerial imagery they
> do look like 3 usual crossings. Like all crossings, they do have a
> certain length and width, i.e. as geometric shape, all crosssings are
> not a line but an area (mostly squares) just like streets, waterways
> etc. But in OSM sense, why shall these 3 not seen as line but areas?
>
Note that area mapping would be an optional addition to lines
See https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/533125489

In the same way as say area:highway=footway areas is an optional
addition to mapping highway=footway lines
or area:highway=residential areas is an optional addition to mapping
highway=residential lines

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