[OSM-talk] highway=motorway|trunk|primary(_link)

[80n]

On 12/29/06, Andy Robinson <Andy_J_Robinson at blueyonder.co.uk> wrote:
>
> Its good practice to tag for completeness and that's the philosophy I take
> so all motorways and dual carriageways get tagged with oneway=true. It's
> true that you can make an intelligent assumption regarding one-way usage
> when you see the motorway tag but I still think its good practice to be as
> complete as possible.



IMHO, highway=motorway and roundabout=true both imply oneway=true.

At least 99.999% of motorways and roundabouts are actually oneway so I think
this should be the default assumption.

Either way, the map features page ought to be explicit about this.

80n





Cheers
>
> Andy
>
> Andy Robinson
> Andy_J_Robinson at blueyonder.co.uk
>
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: talk-bounces at openstreetmap.org [mailto:talk-
> >bounces at openstreetmap.org] On Behalf Of Alex Mauer
> >Sent: 29 December 2006 3:14 PM
> >To: talk at openstreetmap.org
> >Subject: Re: [OSM-talk] highway=motorway|trunk|primary(_link)
> >
> >Thomas Walraet wrote:
> >>
> >> If you think it's necessary to add the oneway tag on roundabout and
> >> motorway links, it seems logical to also add it on motorway
> >carriageways...
> >
> >Are you suggesting that it's otherwise not logical to add it on motorway
> >carriageways?  I've been doing just that...
> >
> >-Alex Mauer "hawke"
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