[OSM-talk] highway=stop

[Robin Paulson]

On 24/01/2008, Robert (Jamie) Munro <rjmunro at arjam.net> wrote:
> | Shall we put the node on the way where the sign is, a little bit before
> | the intersection (and how much) ?  or is it planned to use a relation ?
> | or does it really help to tag such signs (I mean, it does not influence
> | routing) ?

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> | or should we remove this tag from the approved Map features and create a
> | proposal wiki page where a clear definition could be done ?
>
> We need a way to know where stop signs and give way (yield) signs are
> and which direction they face. It probably requires a relation between
> the node and the way they are on.

possible a minor point, hopefully not too pedantic:
we're not marking the signs on the map - the sign is only there to
give information about some feature, which is what we should be doing.
the presence or not of a (any) sign is irrelevant.

signs can be wrong, mis-placed, missing or facing the wrong direction

if we're going to mark highway=stop for a junction where a driver has
to stop, it is the junction that needs marking, not some point further
down the road