[OSM-talk] [Tagging] - RFC - Motorway_link impliesoneway=??

Matthias Julius lists at julius-net.net
Thu Oct 2 17:29:53 BST 2008


Alex Mauer <hawke at hawkesnest.net> writes:

> Nic Roets wrote:
>> My opinion is that motorway and motorway_link must both default to 
>> oneway=true, as the bi-directional varieties are non-existent / very rare.
>
> I agree.  Even if they're not "very rare", they're certainly less common 
> than the one-way variety.

I don't.  I think it follows the "principle of least surprise" better
if implied values don't change too much.  If a highway is not oneway
by definition oneway=yes should not be implied.  Trunk roads are
probably mostly oneway, too ...

Matthias




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