Proposal:Junctions
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| Junctions | |
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| Proposal status: | Proposals with undefined or invalid status (inactive) |
| Proposed by: | David.earl |
| Tagging: | type=junction |
| Applies to: | 
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| Definition: | group the ways and/or nodes comprising a road junction |
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| Draft started: | 2007-10-08 |
This is a proposal for a set of tags and members making a Relation to group the ways and/or nodes comprising a road junction. The main purpose of the Relation at present is to give renderers or route planners a name and or number for a junction. It also means that a staggered cross roads controlled by linked traffic signals can be grouped into the one junction while still maintaining the geometry of the streets correctly. I can see it possibly developing in time to be a place where other aspects of the junction can be modeled.
Need for a relation
For a simple crossing where 2 ways cross each other at a single node it is not necessary the use a relation. It is obvious that the only the node where the 2 ways cross is part of the junction. The need for a relation occurs when there are ways and or nodes which could be considered part of 2 or more ways. An example would be a dual carriage way crossing a single carriage way. The piece of way between the dual carriage way and also the intersecting nodes could be considered part of both ways.
Tags
| Key | Value | Discussion |
|---|---|---|
| type | junction | |
| junction | SeeProposed features/Junction | link is for clover leaf and similar type junctions; just omit this tag for junctions like cross-roads and simple single-bridge motorway junctions (unless someone can suggest a vocabulary for them) |
| name | a name | if the junction has a name (e.g. "Charlie Brown's Roundabout" or the "High Five Interchange") |
| ref | a reference | if the junction has a number (e.g. junction 10 on a motorways would be "10") |
Members
| Way or Node | Role | Recurrence? | Discussion |
|---|---|---|---|
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(blank) | one or more | the ways and/or nodes comprising the junction (a typical grade separated motorway junction would combine ways, but a simple cross roads only has a node comprising it. A single carriageway crossing a dual carriageway might include the two nodes and the link between the carriageways in the junction. |
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label | optionally one | a hint to a renderer as to where a good place to put the the junction number or name on the map |