[OSM-talk] Tagging hazardous routes

Heiko Jacobs heiko.jacobs at gmx.de
Mon Jun 15 12:33:30 BST 2009


Andy Street schrieb:
> When the A3 bypass[0] was constructed the route crossed several existing
> rights of way. Rather than building bridges or underpasses it appears
> that the planners struck on the novel idea of asking pedestrians to walk
> across four lanes of heavy traffic moving at 70-80 mph.

Not four lanes, two times two lanes ;-)

 > http://www.osm.org/?lat=50.98727&lon=-0.95844&zoom=16&layers=B000FTF

Google Maps shows a way connecting the two footways:

http://www.google.com/maps?ll=50.9874,-0.9588&z=20

A crossing of this type outside UK I would say:
Pedestrians are guided in this way, that they alway look against
traffic. It is a highly recommended feature for security, used at
every new tram crossing here in Karlsruhe/Germany.

But this road is in UK...

Does a continental engineer planned this road? ;-)
Or does the old age insurance sponsored this crossing? ;-)

> I'd like to include these paths in OSM[1] as they do exist on the ground
> but would like to tag them in such a way that their use is discouraged
> (e.g. higher cost in routing, warning signs on walking maps). Has anyone
> mapped something similar?

> [0] http://www.osm.org/?lat=50.98727&lon=-0.95844&zoom=16&layers=B000FTF
> [1] They have been added but currently do not connect.

You should connect and add the way in the middle of the trunk
and search something from
http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:crossing
or discuss a new value there ;-)

Heiko "Mueck" Jacobs





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