[OSM-talk] Should Bridges be independent of their ways?

[John Smith]

2009/9/21 Anthony <osm at inbox.org>:
> Mapping ways should follow the legal paths of travel, not the existence or
> non-existence of concrete.  If concrete is the only form of legal barrier,
> then fine, concrete can determine how we map.  But if a painted median is

Where do you draw the line over painted median strips exactly, the
Bruce highway for example allows you to cross in some places and
doesn't in others, but this is more a case of where it's safe to over
take or not, should these sections where it's not safe to over take
mean we draw 2 distinct ways as a result?

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&ie=UTF8&t=h&ll=-26.134596,152.582068&spn=0,359.990988&z=18&layer=c&cbll=-26.134719,152.583365&panoid=Zqx7qYT6v-zeBfuZnmywdA&cbp=12,270.23,,0,5.75

Also how would you do this:

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&ie=UTF8&t=h&ll=-26.134789,152.590678&spn=0,359.986063&z=17&layer=c&cbll=-26.134677,152.590969&panoid=eVbTF6vxWoolDxDVBQpWNg&cbp=12,77.27,,0,5.07

It's legal to cross the road from one side, but not the other, etc etc etc...

> But if there is a concrete barrier in place, you agree we might have two
> ways going over one bridge.  So all this stuff about mapping individual
> lanes is off-topic.

You didn't express this opinion earlier, you were trying to show
multiple ways where there is no physical barrier.