[Tagging] Feature Proposal - RFC - crossing:markings

[Volker Schmidt]

On Sat, 23 Jul 2022 at 12:50, Alexander Kane <1998alexkane at gmail.com> wrote:

> I updated the proposal saying that using crossing_ref to describe pavement
> markings should be depricated.
>

Please do not do that. This tag is used in that sense, in Italy alone, 32k
times.

Volker

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:
>
>>
>>
>>
>> 11 lip 2022, 10:07 od minh at nguyen.cincinnati.oh.us:
>>
>> 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.
>>
>>
>> Yes, and crossing tagging should be decoupled into such separate tags.
>>
>> 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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