[OSM-talk] Add 'Keep right!' to the list of map links in the 'place' template

Harald Kleiner e9625163 at gmx.at
Tue Mar 3 19:25:04 GMT 2009


> Shaun wrote:
> 
>> This crossing of a highway and a railway needs to 
>> be tagged as railway=level_crossing
>>
>> Is not quite right as it should also allow 
>> railway=crossing. a crossing is a crossing just for 
>> pedestrians, while level_crossing is a crossing where 
>> larger vehicles can cross too.
> 

Thank you, Shaun for the clarification! The check does allow 
'railway=crossing' as well as 'railway=level_crossing', but it was not 
documented that way. I've added that now.


> Hi Harald,
> 
> Do you use the saved comments against false positives to improve the
> checks at all? For example I noted against one such highlighted
> problem that railway=abandoned meeting a highway=footway probably
> doesn't need to be tagged as a level_crossing (indeed part of the
> footway runs along a section of the abandoned railway line).

Yes of course, I will use the comments! In fact that's the only purpost 
of the comment field.

Thank you for the hint, I excluded abandoned railways by now. Please 
note that this change will take effect in the next but one update, as 
the check process is already running...

> 
> Having said that I've found a few things to correct around here as
> well as the false positives, and there are a few things that are
> highlighted as places I meant to go and finish but forgot about...
> 
> Ed
> 
>
Thank you,
Harald





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