[Tagging] Feature Proposal - RFC - crossing:markings

[Martin Koppenhoefer]

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> On 11 Jul 2022, at 00:22, Marc_marc <marc_marc at mailo.com> wrote:
> 
> For the moment we have :
> crossing=zebra in England which means crossing=uncontrolled (approved tag) + crossing_ref=zebra
> crossing=zebra outside of England


Despite having it used for many years, I never really liked crossing=uncontrolled with the intended meaning to be a crossing controlled by zebra markings and zebra signs.
Around here we’re now using crossing=zebra to mean a zebra crossing (zebra markings and no traffic signals).



> listed as a controversial iD decision and which according to contributors means crossing=uncontrolled crossing_ref=zebra or crossing_ref=zebra
> crossing=marked controversial decision of iD which overwrites/loses the information of the 2 approved values


other mappers around here have been adding crossing_ref=zebra to all crossings with zebra markings (including those controlled by traffic lights). From discussions I learned that some people believe the tag is for a specific crossing type, others that it is about road markings only 

Personally for the area where I map, 3 pedestrian crossing types are sufficient, and each can be expressed with 2 tags:

highway=crossing and

1. crossing=unmarked
no marked crossing but pedestrians crossing there for reasons 

2. crossing=zebra
a zebra crossing

3. crossing=traffic_signals
pedestrian crossing controlled by lights

Cheers Martin