[OSM-talk] tagging roads

Richard Mann richard.mann.westoxford at googlemail.com
Wed Aug 5 01:56:24 BST 2009


I wouldn't include parking bays if the kerb is built out around them.
Generally I'd measure the running carriageway, but include any central
islands.

The road I measured every 10m had widths varying between 7.7m and 9.3m over
about 50m, with no change in lane markings.

Richard

On Wed, Aug 5, 2009 at 1:12 AM, Martin Koppenhoefer
<dieterdreist at gmail.com>wrote:

> 2009/8/5 Richard Mann <richard.mann.westoxford at googlemail.com>:
> > Interesting - I've measured the widths of most of the main roads in
> Oxford,
> > mostly at quiet times of day (easy enough with a wheely device - I
> wouldn't
> > recommend tape). I do kerb-kerb.
>
> yes, that seems reasonable in urban context. Do you do the same if
> there is parking lots along the way? In this case I would probably
> measure where there aren't to indicate the width of the way (because
> otherwise - I was thinking of putting the tags to the way - you really
> would have to split the way every 10 meters). I don't like the idea of
> putting the width to nodes that much, as nodes tend to get moved - but
> maybe with more width attached to them, this would change and people
> get more cautious. What would you measure out of town?
>
> > My inclination would be to put widths on nodes, since they are measured
> at
> > points, but that might not be too helpful for renderers. But I don't
> think I
> > really want to break a way every time I do a measurement (I did one
> > particular stretch of road every 10m).
>
> did you find a lot of differences every 10m? I thought that most
> streets remain there width (for the "driving zone").
>
> cheers,
> Martin
>
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