[OSM-talk-ie] Traffic islands / medians

[Marc Gemis]

Colm,

May I suggest to read to read some posts from the tagging mailing list

https://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/tagging/2015-October/027218.html
continued in November
https://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/tagging/2015-November/027225.html

It's the same topic. I don't know whether you will get the answer that you
need from it, but you might get some ideas.

regards

m

On Wed, Nov 4, 2015 at 9:48 PM, Colm Moore <colmmoore72 at hotmail.com> wrote:

> Hi,
> I'm wondering what the best way is to deal with traffic islands - the
> parts of roads that aren't roadway / carriageway and aren't lateral
> footways / footpaths. Sometimes they are unmapped, sometimes they are
> mapped as pedestrian areas and/or pedestrian ways .
> On the road, they generally come in one of three fashions:1. No pedestrian
> access / no meaningful pedestrian use, e.g. Dorset Street Lower in Dublin,
> where  there are trees every 10 meters that block the way. Not mapped,
> other than as two separate roadways. Should these be mapped at all?
>
> https://www.google.ie/maps/@53.3599777,-6.261141,3a,75y,44.35h,85.42t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1s0YTaJATDMDakjhiLjRa__w!2e0!6s%2F%2Fgeo2.ggpht.com%2Fcbk%3Fpanoid%3D0YTaJATDMDakjhiLjRa__w%26output%3Dthumbnail%26cb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile.gps%26thumb%3D2%26w%3D203%26h%3D100%26yaw%3D219.34166%26pitch%3D0!7i13312!8i6656
> 2. Those where pedestrian access is an important part of their use, e.g.
> at the central median on O'Connell Bridge in Dublin. Mapped as pedestrian
> area linked to pedestrian ways at the south end, but not the north end,
> effectively making it a cul de sac. I'm not sure how route planners treat
> areas.
>
> https://www.google.ie/maps/@53.3470972,-6.2591266,3a,75y,90t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1s7ed2ZerYJnbZnrW-0cHENQ!2e0!6s%2F%2Fgeo2.ggpht.com%2Fcbk%3Fpanoid%3D7ed2ZerYJnbZnrW-0cHENQ%26output%3Dthumbnail%26cb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile.gps%26thumb%3D2%26w%3D203%26h%3D100%26yaw%3D94.366425%26pitch%3D0!7i13312!8i6656
> 3. Traffic islands at signaled junctions generally, e.g. at the junction
> of O'Connell Bridge / D'Olier Street / Westmoreland Street. Mapped as
> pedestrian areas and pedestrian ways.
> Thank you
> Colm
>
>
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