Talk:Crossings

No or unmarked

what is the difference between crossing=no and crossing=unmarked? To which means of transport is crossing=no referring? —Dieterdreist (talk) 07:07, 28 October 2022 (UTC)

From my understanding, `no` is used so as to explicitly means that there’s no designated crossing contrary to what geometry may suggest (independent on "jaywalking" practices) whereas unmarked simply means that there’s no crossing:marking=* at the crossing and that it’s only suggested through details such as flushed kerb=*, tactile_paving=*, or so. --Lejun (talk) 06:33, 29 October 2022 (UTC)

Thank you, this seems reasonable, it appears most of these are put in combination with highway=traffic_signals but not with highway=crossing, which underlines your interpretation: [1] —Dieterdreist (talk) 14:50, 29 October 2022 (UTC)

Separate country specific information from generic information

For example the section "How to tag common street crossing configurations according to various established schemes" has assumptions in the column "2018/2019/Approved 2022 proposal" that don't hold up on a global level (for instance the kind of markings on traffic signal controlled crossings). These should be sorted out and moved to a country specific section. Crossing=zebra is also not "uk centric shortcut" any more, it can be found all over the world. --Dieterdreist (talk) 08:38, 19 January 2024 (UTC)

I agree. Also, it's too bad no mention is made of crossing:markings=signals, which is very generic and in use all over the world. As for crossing=zebra, this is the option for quick entry of crossings with zebra markings, to be replaced with more refined tagging of markings and signals by later mappers. Perfect target for QA-tools and workflow tools (ok, I'll say it: MapRoulette). --Peter Elderson (talk) 14:28, 3 March 2025 (UTC)

Basic required (?) tags

In principle, crossings (ways sharing a node) do not require tags at all. In Nederland a huge amount of crossing nodes and ways have tags which don't contain information other than "it's a crossing", which is already conveyed by the ways and the node itself. I don't know numbers, but I have the distinct impression that this happens a lot in other parts of the world as well. It might be worth stressing that all extra tagging is optional, to be done only if the mapper wants to add extra details such as markings, signals, islands, tactile paving, or kerb variants. E.g., in general the type of crossing what is crossing what, special access, oneway etc) is already on the crossing way (the way of the slower traffic). You ony need to specify that on the crossing node when it differs from the way. So, the highway=crossing indicates tht there is something extra (optional) to tell. --Peter Elderson (talk) 14:47, 3 March 2025 (UTC)