[mkgmap-dev] highway=unclassified & area=yes

Sun Sep 13 01:10:15 BST 2020

Those mappers might have used this new proposal for highway=junction
incorrectly.
https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Proposed_features/highway%3Djunction

I'm not sure about their motives or reasoning but clearly a changeset
comment or an email to those people is in order.

Dave

On Sun, Sep 13, 2020 at 12:02 AM Gerd Petermann <
gpetermann_muenchen at hotmail.com> wrote:

> Yes, look like mapping errors (mapping for the renderer?). Maybe
> area:highway=* was meant. I would not change the style for them.
>
> Gerd
>
> ________________________________________
> Von: mkgmap-dev <mkgmap-dev-bounces at lists.mkgmap.org.uk> im Auftrag von
> ael <witwall3 at disroot.org>
> Gesendet: Samstag, 12. September 2020 18:52
> An: Development list for mkgmap
> Betreff: Re: [mkgmap-dev] highway=unclassified & area=yes
>
> On Sat, Sep 12, 2020 at 05:27:03PM +0100, Ticker Berkin wrote:
> > Hi all
> >
> > Diagnosing what seemed like superfluous navigation pop-up, eg "Turn
> > left on A1", while driving on the A1, I discover quite a few junctions
> > are surrounded by a closed way with tags [highway=unclassified,
> > area=yes]
> >
> > https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/239371846
> > https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/239371836
> > https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/239754207
> >
> > I haven't found any references to this being something that is
> > acceptable or is wrong, so I don't know if these should be deleted from
> > OSM and/or ignored by the mkgmap style.
>
> They look clearly wrong to me, but then I don't have any local
> knowledge.
>
> ael
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