[OSM-talk-be] Fwd: Destination tagging on motorways

André Pirard A.Pirard.Papou at gmail.com
Mon Sep 22 21:16:42 UTC 2014


On 2014-09-19 15:40, Johan C wrote :
> <also for the link your page explaining connectivity:lane. I had not
> heard about that one before.
> ..
> <What I mean with splitting the outgoing road, is how far do we want
> the destination to extend: til the next crossing, even when that is
> ...
> <So you won't add lanes:destination before the crossing ? (just to
> make sure)
> ...
Please make correct quoting.  I never said that.
> <What I meant is that Google is only allowed to copyright artwork, not
> facts ...>
> The DWG is clear on using contents of Google's
> photos: https://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/legal-talk/2014-April/007750.html.
> Luckily, However, Mapillary can be
> used: http://www.mapillary.com/osm.html. All it takes for Google
> (being the nice company they are) is start using the same words: For
> the purpose of contributing metadata to OpenStreetMap, we allow anyone
> to derive metadata from our photos.
Please understand that I do not speak about what Google says but that I
explain that they are not (legally) allowed to copyright facts.  For
example, they cannot prevent a map showing a 60 km/h limit on some road
because they published a photograph of a road sign on it.
If you believe they can, "the DWG is not as clear" as you say.

André.


>
> Cheers, Johan
>
> 2014-09-12 15:28 GMT+02:00 André Pirard <A.Pirard.Papou at gmail.com
> <mailto:A.Pirard.Papou at gmail.com>>:
>
>     On 2014-09-11 00:27, Johan C wrote :
>>     Hi André
>>
>>     <OSM GPS routers use destination
>>     <http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:destination>=* not to
>>     compute the routes, they can do without,  but to know what the
>>     drivers see on the signs in order to use the same information in
>>     spoken instructions>
>>
>>     That's correct
>>
>>     <Shouldn't the same ref=*
>>     <http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:ref> as of the motorway
>>     be used on all highway
>>     <http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:highway>=motorway_link
>>     <http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:highway%3Dmotorway_link>?>
>>
>>     *If the motorway link has these signs*, they can be used.
>>
>>     *<there is no name to use* for a GPS to call a motorway entrance.>
>>
>>     The OSM situation should *reflect current signage*: if there are
>>     no signs, the destination tag should not be used
>     So, I had correctly understood despite that, as unfortunately
>     often the case, the key definition is very badly stated (the proof
>     of that is that the French and German translators have got it and
>     translated totally wrong).  So, I made the following change to the
>     wiki:
>     Old:
>>     The key *destination* describes the destination of the way by
>>     using the name of the city the way is heading to, which is
>>     explicitly indicated in a signpost or similiar on the ground. 
>     New:
>>     So that GPS-like software can refer to road signs that the driver
>>     actually sees, the key *destination*=* describes the contents of
>>     signposts or ground writing indicating the names of the cities
>>     that the way on which the key is tagged is leading to.
>     It is worth spending time to precisely write definitions.
>     It avoids many map mistakes needing much more time to fix and
>     makes a much better OSM.
>>     <I'm not sure you can copy the pictures>
>>
>>     Google is a nice company, but they are not open. Their terms
>>     prohibit copying contents pictures. But all it takes to get lane
>>     assistant in Belgium is a few people who access motorways every
>>     now and then taking pictures of the signs.
>     What I meant is that Google is only allowed to copyright artwork,
>     not facts nor even some pictures or parts thereof representing
>     facts like road signs.  I don't see why you need copying pictures
>     to build destination tags.
>
>     Cheers,
>
>     André.
>
>
>>
>>     Cheers, Johan
>>
>>
>>
>>     2014-09-10 23:30 GMT+02:00 André Pirard <A.Pirard.Papou at gmail.com
>>     <mailto:A.Pirard.Papou at gmail.com>>:
>>
>>         On 2014-09-09 22:14, Johan C wrote :
>>>         In Nederland heb ik de snelwegen op veel plaatsen voorzien
>>>         van bestemmingen. Als bijrijder ben ik in de gelegenheid
>>>         geweest om afgelopen maand de bebording op de route
>>>         Breda-Antwerpen-Gent-Kortrijk-Lille vice versa te
>>>         fotograferen. Die wil ik graag op de manier zoals ik die in
>>>         Nederland heb getagd gaan taggen. Dat houdt het volgende in:
>>>>         In the Netherlands I have the highways in many places
>>>>         equipped destinations. As a passenger, I had the
>>>>         opportunity to be on the route
>>>>         Breda-Antwerp-Ghent-Kortrijk-Lille to photograph. Past
>>>>         month the boarding vice versa I would like the way I tagged
>>>>         in the Netherlands go tag them. That means the following:
>>>         - invoeren destination details conform de werkwijze
>>>         op http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Proposed_features/Destination_details,
>>>         inclusief het invoeren van het afritnummer met de tag
>>>         junction:ref
>>>>         - Enter destination details according to the procedure on
>>>>         http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Proposed_features/Destination_details,
>>>>         including entering the exit number junction with the tag: ref
>>>
>>>         - het positioneren van de motorway_junction
>>>         conform http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Talk:Lane_assist/Examples/Motorway_exit,
>>>         oftewel juist voor de doorgetrokken streep
>>>>         - het positioneren van de motorway_junction
>>>>         conform http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Talk:Lane_assist/Examples/Motorway_exit,
>>>>         oftewel juist voor de doorgetrokken streep
>>>
>>>         Het mooie van het toevoegen van de destinations is dat dit
>>>         een stap is om een rijstrookassistent te krijgen in OSM.
>>>         Mijn op OSM gebaaseerde Garmin is al in staat om de
>>>         bestemmingen niet alleen weer te geven maar ook uit te
>>>         spreken, wat erg handig is in drukke verkeerssituaties.
>>>         Diverse andere OSM routeringsprogramma's ondersteunen de
>>>         bestemmingen eveneens.
>>>
>>>         Ik wil graag meehelpen om ook andere Belgische snelwegen te
>>>         voorzien van de bestemmingen, maar op sommige Belgische
>>>         snelwegen kom ik erg weinig tot nooit. Zouden jullie kunnen
>>>         helpen door het nemen van foto's van de bebording cq het
>>>         opnemen van ritten op de snelwegen met een dashcam?
>>>>         The beauty of adding destinations is that this is a step to
>>>>         get into OSM. Lane guidance My OFM gebaaseerde Garmin has
>>>>         been able to show the destinations not only weather but
>>>>         also to speak, which is very convenient in traffic
>>>>         situations. Various other OSM routing programs also support
>>>>         the destinations.
>>>>
>>>>         I would like to also help provide the destinations, other
>>>>         Belgian motorways but some Belgian highways I get very
>>>>         little or never. Could you help by taking pictures of the
>>>>         signage or the inclusion of journeys on motorways with a
>>>>         dashcam?
>>         Hi Johan,
>>
>>         As I understand it (1) OSM GPS routers use destination
>>         <http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:destination>=* not to
>>         compute the routes, they can do without,  but to know what
>>         the drivers see on the signs in order to use the same
>>         information in spoken instructions (e. g. call a lane by its
>>         destination if possible).    Similarly for ref=*
>>         <http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:ref>   and  name
>>         <http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:name>=*.
>>
>>         I did not understand every word you wrote, but it looks like
>>         you want the content of the Destination signposting.  They
>>         are all here on Google Street View
>>         <https://maps.google.be/maps?>.  I'm not sure you can copy
>>         the pictures, but pictures is not what is necessary for OSM:
>>         what is written on the road signs is legal information and
>>         cannot be copyrighted.
>>
>>         My survey.
>>
>>         On E25.
>>         destination
>>         <http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:destination>=* is not
>>         usedanywhere and ref=*
>>         <http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:ref> is *not used*
>>         onhighway
>>         <http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:highway>=motorway_link <http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:highway%3Dmotorway_link>.
>>         Hence, *there is no name to use* for a GPS to call a motorway
>>         entrance.
>>         For motorway exits, such a ref is useless but ref=*
>>         <http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:ref> is used
>>         all-right on highway
>>         <http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:highway>=motorway_junction
>>         <http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:highway%3Dmotorway_junction>.
>>
>>         Shouldn't the same ref=*
>>         <http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:ref> as of the
>>         motorway be used on allhighway
>>         <http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:highway>=motorway_link <http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:highway%3Dmotorway_link>?
>>
>>
>>
>>         On other major highways.
>>         name <http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:name>=* is used
>>         but the driver sees no (real) signs (plates) for it.
>>         ref=* <http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:ref> is almost
>>         always present but the road sign (e.g. N30) is sometimes
>>         missing on the ground, which is annoying for the driver in a
>>         roundabout or at the fork to two main directions.
>>
>>         I tried to contact the MET to report a few such cases, but
>>         they did not reply.
>>         *Does anyone know* how to signal the MET their mistakes or
>>         should we tag for the minister?
>>
>>         On 2014-09-10 10:12, Sander Deryckere wrote :
>>>         destination:lanes=Brno;Poysdorf;Mistelbach|Brno;Poysdorf;Mistelbach;Graz;Wien|Graz;Wien
>>>         destination:ref:lanes=A5|A5;S1;A2|S1;A2
>>>         destination:country:lanes=CZ|CZ;SK;H;SLO;I|SK;H;SLO;I
>>>         destination:symbol:lanes=|airport|airport
>>>
>>>         Are we really trying to hang ourselves?
>>
>>         Let us think before such an extreme outcome :-)
>>
>>         I'm not a lanes specialist, but it seems to me that lane
>>         drawing topology is enough for routing software to know and
>>         tell the driver which of the lanes (n°1, n°2, n°3) to take to
>>         get to another lane ahead.
>>         So, the question is: what should the GPS tell the driver
>>         (click, choose language, click loudspeaker):
>>
>>           * That  ???
>>             <https://translate.google.be/?#en/nl/Take%20a%20lane%20to%0AGraz%3BWien%3B%0AS1%3BA2%3B%0ACzechoslovakia%3BHungary%3BSlovenia%3BItaly%3B%0Aairport%0A%0A.%20.%20.%20.%20.%20.%20.%20.%20.%0A%0ATake%20a%20lane%20to%0ABrno%3BPoysdorf%3BMistelbach%3B%0AA5%3B%0ACzechoslovakia%3B>
>>           * or this ???
>>             <https://translate.google.be/?#en/nl/Take%20a%20lane%20to%20S1%0A%0A.%20.%20.%20.%20.%20.%20.%20.%20.%0A%0ATake%20a%20lane%20to%20A5>
>>
>>         Is it really necessary to make a mess by trying to
>>         spell/translate every place in/to every language (2)?
>>         Isn't it wiser to use only the (ref) numbering system devised
>>         and used for everybody's convenience?
>>         That's including OSM.
>>         I think that just the destination:ref is necessary, and only
>>         if it cannot be derived from topology.
>>         The names on the signs are for those who drive without GPS
>>         and as a reassuring double check.
>>         Or in the rare cases there would be no refs.
>>
>>>         Anyway, that said, I'll never map anything with the :lanes
>>>         extension myself, nor will I edit any such tag, but I you're
>>>         willing to go through that painful process, I won't stop you.
>>>
>>>         (oh, and if you want cooperation for all Belgian highways,
>>>         better also put your message in English or French).
>>         It worked ;-)
>>
>>         (1) they can do without them. This is unfortunately badly
>>         explained once again.
>>         (2) I usually listen to Osmand in English.
>>         Easier to understand (must be my ear too) and sounding like
>>         navigating to the moon (add beeps).
>>         But the real fun is trying to understand French names
>>         pronounced à la English !!! :-)
>>
>>         André.
>>
>>
>>           * Dutch - detected
>>           * English
>>           * French
>>           * Russian
>>
>>           * English
>>           * French
>>           * Russian
>>
>>
>>
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