[OSM-talk] How to tag lanes, not ways, was: Deprecating the use of Tag:highway=stop in favour of Key:stop

[Roy Wallace]

On Mon, Aug 31, 2009 at 10:02 PM, Anthony<osm at inbox.org> wrote:
>
> Whether this
> grouping is done by a relation or a new table isn't something I'm going to
> comment on beyond the fact that it obviously could be done by a relation.

Yup.

> I have a great fear of the solution proposed by John, though, specifically
> because it allows nodes (and even more specifically, nodes which represent
> junctions with other ways) to be attached to individual lanes.

What do you mean by "it allows nodes to be attached to individual
lanes"? Do you mean you don't think a lane should be represented by a
series of nodes?

> John would seemingly have us connect the
> exit ramp with the rest of the road at the point of the physical gore.  That
> is completely incorrect.  It is at the point where one must choose to use or
> not use the exit that the split should take place, and the two ways should
> remain parallel for a while until finally reaching the physical gore point.

Yeah. This seems common sense to me. A separation (even in paint) is a
physical separation, anyway. It is indeed still mapping what's on the
ground.