A bunch of road- and rail-related things

These can be aliased together: train_tracks, railroad_tracks and railroad. The most dominant usage seems to be railroad_tracks.

It appears to me that crossing can be marked as ambiguous and its posts moved into crosswalk or railroad_crossing as appropriate. Or it can be kept as an umbrella tag for both cases.

I am not sure about the distinction between railroad_crossing vs railway_signal. There seems to be a lot of overlap, so perhaps they can be collapsed together. Or does railway_signal mean any kind of signal or semaphore, regardless of whether it is situated at a level crossing or not? (e.g. post #610450).

As a side note, rails contains both railroad_tracks and railing, I am presently cleaning that up and will mark it as ambiguous (it is probably unsafe to alias).

r0d3n7z said: These can be aliased together: train_tracks, railroad_tracks and railroad. The most dominant usage seems to be railroad_tracks.

Did this part for now, will wait to see where conversation goes on the other stuff. But...

It appears to me that crossing can be marked as ambiguous and its posts moved into crosswalk or railroad_crossing as appropriate. Or it can be kept as an umbrella tag for both cases.

Agreed on cleaning crossing up - I've done so. Questions:
post #479709 - Should it get it even though you don't see the railroad_tracks or street? I'm thinking yes, since it has the other objects we associate with it.
post #29293 - I don't think this should have either, it's more just road_sign so I tagged it accordingly.

I am not sure about the distinction between railroad_crossing vs railway_signal. There seems to be a lot of overlap, so perhaps they can be collapsed together. Or does railway_signal mean any kind of signal or semaphore, regardless of whether it is situated at a level crossing or not? (e.g. post #610450).

Well, I'd probably just tag the example with _tracks. And most _signal could go under _tracks too I'd think. Depends what it decided on post #479709 above.

As a side note, rails contains both railroad_tracks and railing, I am presently cleaning that up and will mark it as ambiguous (it is probably unsafe to alias).

Sounds good.

jxh2154 said:
post #479709 - Should it get it even though you don't see the railroad_tracks or street? I'm thinking yes, since it has the other objects we associate with it.

Yes, since we don't have separate tags for the crossbuck, signals and barrier gates. Same applies for post #446816 and post #442372 which I just stumbled across, and tagged as well.

post #29293 - I don't think this should have either, it's more just road_sign

Agreed.

railroad_crossing vs railway_signal

Well, I'd probably just tag the example with _tracks.

Ah, no, I meant to suggest that rather than conflating the two tags together, railway_signal could be better redefined to refer to semaphores and other signals that are directed at train drivers rather than for pedestrians or motorists -- in which case post #610450 would be a good example thereof. Also consider post #481112 (currently tagged traffic_lights, which isn't technically correct). Sorry for being unclear.

NEW: traffic_light/traffic_lights -- singular or plural? Alias needed.

r0d3n7z said: Yes, since we don't have separate tags for the crossbuck, signals and barrier gates. Same applies for post #446816 and post #442372 which I just stumbled across, and tagged as well.

Sounds good.

Ah, no, I meant to suggest that rather than conflating the two tags together, railway_signal could be better redefined to refer to semaphores and other signals that are directed at train drivers rather than for pedestrians or motorists -- in which case post #610450 would be a good example thereof. Also consider post #481112 (currently tagged traffic_lights, which isn't technically correct). Sorry for being unclear.

Alright. railroad_signal instead, perhaps? Just to keep with crossing and tracks. Unless there's some technicality separating railway and railroad in this context.

NEW: traffic_light/traffic_lights -- singular or plural? Alias needed.

Went with singular.

jxh2154 said:
railroad_signal instead, perhaps? Just to keep with crossing and tracks. Unless there's some technicality separating railway and railroad in this context.

Not as far as I am aware of. Now sorting posts into railroad_crossing and railroad_signal accordingly.

Any need to alias railway_* to railroad_*?

r0d3n7z said: Any need to alias railway_* to railroad_*?

Might as well. DOne.