[Tagging] Feature Proposal - RFC - crossing:markings

[Alexander Kane]

I updated the proposal saying that using crossing_ref to describe pavement
markings should be depricated. The biggest effect of this is that
crossing_ref=zebra should be reverted to its original definition.
Currently, the page for crossing_ref=zebra mentions only the road markings,
while the key page for crossing_ref=* states that it is the local name for
the crossing type, and that (in the UK) crossing_ref=zebra implies more
than just zebra markings, but also Belisha beacons, zig-zag markings, and
pedestrian priority.

Crossing_ref certainly needs an overhaul imo (maybe something like
crossing:designation=GB:zebra or the like) but this would probably be best
as a separate proposal. In any case, removing info only about the road
markings will help make crossing_ref more useful.

Alex

Mateusz Konieczny via Tagging <tagging at openstreetmap.org> schrieb am Mo.,
11. Juli 2022, 10:56:

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> 11 lip 2022, 10:07 od minh at nguyen.cincinnati.oh.us:
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> Somehow railroad crossings managed to escape the trap of shortsighted
> classification tagging. The rail regulators in my region classify level
> crossings on a linear scale. For example, the presence of flashing lights
> **of course** implies a bell, a saltire, and the requirement for the train
> to blow its horn. [5] But I see no problem in filling out a detailed form
> about crossing:saltire, crossing:bell, crossing:light, and crossing:horn.
> The extra checkboxes benefit regions where these fundamental laws of the
> universe do not hold. There can always be a preset for each common
> combination for mappers' convenience.
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> Yes, and crossing tagging should be decoupled into such separate tags.
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> Otherwise it will never solve of problems that in different regions
> different
> things come in a different sets (zebra markings / traffic lights etc)
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