Changeset: 46384962
Sidewalks and crosswalks around Pennsylvania State College
Closed by bhousel
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Discussion
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Comment from pkoby
Hey, I noticed that you changed a lot of crossing=* to crossing=zebra, but according to the wiki, this isn't a standard tagging scheme. It appears it's a commonly used tag, but while I think it might be fine changing =uncontrolled to it, I think changing =traffic_signals to =zebra removes important information. The wiki suggests using crossing_ref=zebra in these instances, while still using =uncontrolled or =traffic_signals or whatever. Would it be possible to revise these changes?
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Comment from bhousel
Hi pkoby, this is one of those situations where I think the wiki gives poor guidance. The junction node between a crosswalk and the road exists so that vehicular traffic can know that there is a crossing there. The stripes on the ground are a 'control device' so calling marked crosswalks "uncontrolled" is misleading. And I think traffic signals is a feature of the intersection itself, or kerb points, not of the crosswalk itself (i.e. per "duck typing", you wouldn't say that it is a crosswalk of type "traffic signals").
However I do know that the way I am tagging things is different from the advice given on the osm wiki, so I'm willing to revert my changes to the crossing nodes if you feel strongly about it. I don't think that the actual tag value set for `crossing=*` actually matters to any router.
Thanks for reaching out!
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Comment from pkoby
Your reasoning makes a lot of sense. In my way of thinking, zebra stripes are uncontrolled in the sense that they aren't unmarked and don't have signals. But taginfo shows crossing=zebra to be one of the most common, so I'm going to say it seems like a good strategy.
Yes, I suppose as long as the way is highway=footway, footway=crossing, and the node is highway=crossing, the crossing=* isn't important.
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