[OSM-talk] [tagging] Road crossings proposal - status?

[Ben Laenen]

On Monday 12 May 2008, Andy Allan wrote:
> Oh, I can think of a way. Yep, I can definitely think of some
> shorthand tags for the most common crossing types. Trouble is, as
> soon as I mention it, everyone starts uncontrollably ranting.

But that's the problem right? That no-one outside the UK understands the 
tags without carefully looking them up. Suppose some language in a 
strange country calls oneway residential roads which allows bicycles to 
go both ways a "penguinroad", would you also support a 
tag "highway=penguin"?

Ben