Tag:crossing=zebra
 crossing = zebra
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A zebra crossing 
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A zebra crossing. Use this tag if the zebra markings and signs are the most relevant prescription at this crossing. This is a refinement of the tag highway=crossing, which should also be present. If there are also traffic lights controlling the crossing, use crossing=traffic_signals instead.
Software support
Editors
In v1.4.0, released in May 2014, iD added a Crosswalk preset tagged crossing=zebra. [1] At the time, this tag was documented as shorthand for crossing=uncontrolled crossing_ref=zebra in the United Kingdom, the term "zebra crossing" originated. However, it was already widespread abroad,[1] and iD did not yet have the ability to limit a preset to a specific geography.
In v2.12.0, released December 2018, crossing=zebra was replaced with crossing=marked in the Marked Crosswalk preset. An unsearchable Marked Crosswalk preset remained for features already tagged crossing=zebra. [2]
In v2.15.0, released March 2019, crossing=zebra was marked deprecated; a validator warning encouraged the user to migrate the tag to crossing=marked highway=crossing. [3] This has attracted controversy. This change was reverted in v2.17.0, released December 2019, due to ambiguity issues raised by mappers. [4]
Renderers
OSM2World applies a white-striped texture to the crossing way. [5]
Straßenraumkarte Neukölln applies white stripes to the crossing [6] and reserves a parking-free buffer zone around the crossing that is larger than for crossing=marked. [7]
Routers
OpenSidewalks converts this tag to crossing=marked. [8]
MOTIS Per Pedes Routing indicates whether the crossing is marked [9][10] and can calculate a detour that avoids unmarked, unsignalized crossings. [11]
See also
- crossing=* - for an overview of crossing tagging
- crossing=uncontrolled - for uncontrolled crossings
- crossing=marked - for a generic marked crossing regardless of specific markings
- crossing_ref=zebra - a way to record only the markings or a type of crossing, depending on the interpretation.
- crossing:markings=yes – for a generic marked crossing regardless of specific markings
- crossing:markings=zebra – specifically for the "zebra" stripes used for marked crossings in many countries, as opposed to other marking patterns
- Proposal:Deprecate crossing=zebra in favor of crossing:markings
References
- ↑ According to Ohsome Dashboard, in June 2014, there were about 1,800 occurrences of crossing=zebra on nodes in the United Kingdom compared to 7,300 worldwide. There were 4,400 occurrences of crossing_ref=zebra in the United Kingdom compared to 102,000 worldwide. Inanimate alternatives such as crossing=uncontrolled and crossing=marked were used on 255,000 nodes and fewer than 600 nodes respectively worldwide.