[OSM-talk] traffic_lights

[Andy Robinson (blackadder)]

Florian Loitsch wrote:
>Sent: 04 March 2008 2:00 PM
>To: talk at openstreetmap.org
>Subject: [OSM-talk] traffic_lights
>
>should traffic_lights be on the road, or can they be separate nodes too?
>This is not an issue for simple intersections, but I'm having a slightly
>complicated intersection here, where I could either put a new node in the
>middle, tagging it traffic_lights, or put 3 three traffic_lights on each
>incoming road.
>I suppose that putting it on the road itself would navigation easier,
>although
>I don't know if navigation-software would need to know if there are
>traffic_lights.
>// florian
>


I label all the intersection nodes that are controlled by traffic lights.
So, if it's a pair of dual carriageways crossing then that at least 4 lights
(sometimes more if there are separate divided filter lanes.

Cheers

Andy